CERN officials confirmed on October 16, 2008, that a large helium leak within the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest particle accelerator, was caused by a faulty electrical connection ...

A bad electrical connection likely caused the malfunction that sidelined the world's largest atom smasher days after it was launched with great fanfare, a senior scientist said Monday. The fault was ...

Damage to the world's largest atom smasher caused by a bad electrical connection will take much of the planned winter shutdown to repair, but it will be back in action as planned next spring, a ...