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The most technologically complex machine… CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (#LHC) is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator that pushes protons or ions to near the speed of light, consisting of a 27km ring of superconducting magnets.   Hear from Oliver Brüning, Director for Accelerators and Technology at CERN, about the main engineering challenges in designing and building such a powerful machine. #FunFact: After 12 years in operation, a record amount of data and thousands of scientific results, the LHC is taking a break. Watch the complete livestream to find out more about it: https://lnkd.in/enQ6gjHk

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