MetaFilter posts tagged with hadron

Big Ol' Large Hadron Collider Accident ... (But We're Not All Doomed)

WCityMike — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:46:04 -0800

BBC: Hadron Collider forced to halt. An underground tunnel fault released one ton of liquid helium, which had been acting as coolant, into the tunnels of the Large Hadron Collider, causing 100 supercooled magnets to heat up by an extra 100°C and then fail. Vacuum was lost as well.

Hacking the Hadron

fixedgear — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:17:15 -0800

Hackers attack Large Hadron Collider Hackers have mounted an attack on the Large Hadron Collider, raising concerns about the security of the biggest experiment in the world as it passes an important new milestone.

End-of-the-world Filter

Kronos_to_Earth — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:14:00 -0800

Larry Niven warned everyone about it. MetaFilter, too: Try to escape. Quantum black holes is dangerous.