http://www.metafilter.com/tags/liquidhelium Posts tagged with 'liquidhelium' at MetaFilter. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:46:04 -0800 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:46:04 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/75008/Big%2DOl%2DLarge%2DHadron%2DCollider%2DAccident%2DBut%2DWere%2DNot%2DAll%2DDoomed <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7626256.stm">BBC: Hadron Collider forced to halt.</a> 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&#0176;C and then fail. Vacuum was lost as well. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.75008 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:46:04 -0800 cern collider coolant hadron helium large lhc liquidhelium omgomgweredoomedohnevermind WCityMike