Famed atom smasher gets twice the energy next year

By John Heilprin

Published June 23, 2014 2:12pm ET

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Famed atom smasher gets twice the energy next year — FILE - In this Tuesday, March 30, 2010 file photo, an event display shows the activity during a high-energy collision at the CMS control room of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, at their headquarter outside Geneva, Switzerland. The world's largest atom smasher is gearing up for its second three-year run after 16 months of maintenance and upgrades. The Large Hadron Collider, which was used to discover a long-theorized subatomic particle, is designed to push the proton beam close to the speed of light, whizzing 11,000 times a second around a 17-mile (27-kilometer) tunnel on the Swiss-French border near Geneva. The world's top particle physics lab known by its French acronym CERN said Monday, June 23, 2014, that the $10 billion collider is being improved and is on track to resume early next year at double its former energy level.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) | Anja Niedringhaus

GENEVA (AP) — The world’s largest atom smasher is gearing up for its second three-year run after 16 months of maintenance and upgrades.

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