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Our understanding of the Universe is about to change... The Large Hadron Collider ( LHC ) is a gigantic scientific instrument near Geneva, where it spans the border between Switzerland and France about 100 m underground. It is a particle accelerator used by physicists to study the smallest known particles – the fundamental building blocks of all things. It will revolutionise our understanding, from the minuscule world deep within atoms to the vastness of the Universe. Two beams of subatomic particles called 'hadrons' – either protons or lead ions – will travel in opposite directions inside the circular accelerator, gaining energy with every lap. Physicists will use the LHC to recreate the conditions just after the Big Bang, by colliding the two beams head-on at very high energy. Teams of physicists from around the world will analyse the particles created in the collisions using special detectors in a number of experiments dedicated to the LHC. There are many theories as ...

 Delight !! You have more options As per the response received from students, String Theory is of a little bit higher level and the understandable components and content available is limited. Therefore it has been decided to include a few more topics so that students can post a blog on the topic of their choice. Special Theory of Relativity General Theory of Relativity Superconductivity LHC - Large Hadron Collider Big Bang Theory String Theory and GUT The blogs must be posted on or before 15 July 2010 midnight . A student can add any number of posts . i.e, instead of waiting for the entire project to be completed, he/she can post the draft. You will be able to edit your own entries any time you want. The evaluation will be done from midnight of 15 July 2010 onwards. The grades obtained will not be published on the blog, but it will be entered into your Progress Report against first term project. Please keep the following points in mind while submitting your project T...