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Overview of the first element (L) of the huge magnet of the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) experimental site at the European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN (Centre Europeen de Recherche Nucleaire) before its lowering on Thursday in the French village of Cessy near the Swiss city of Geneva November 29, 2006. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Big Bang machine achieves first particle collisions

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ZURICH (Reuters) -- Scientists have smashed together proton beams for the first time in a 27-kilometre tunnel under the French-Swiss border in an initial step toward discovering how the universe came into existence, they said on Monday.

  • A jellyfish swims off Malaysia's Tioman island in the South China Sea in this May 3, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/David Loh
    Dark ocean depths home to exotic, unknown life Sun Nov 22, 12:20 PM ET

    OSLO (Reuters) - The permanent darkness of the ocean depths is home to a far greater range of animals, from luminous jellyfish to tubeworms that live off oil seeping from the seabed, than previously thought, scientists said on Sunday.

  • Astronaut Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialist, is pictured near a beverage container floating freely on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day two activities in this photo released by NASA and taken November 17, 2009. REUTERS/NASA Handout
    Houston, we have a baby Sun Nov 22, 5:15 PM ET

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik awoke early on Sunday to a much-anticipated call that his new daughter had been born.

  • Soviet Union's non-Communist astronaut dies age 83 Sun Nov 22, 12:35 PM ET

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Soviet Union's only non-Communist astronaut, Konstantin Feoktistov, has died at the age of 83, Russia's space agency said on Sunday.

  • The top exterior of Space Shuttle Atlantis' crew cabin is seen in this image taken by an STS-129 spacewalker while Space Shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station in this photo released by NASA and taken November 19, 2009. Picture taken November 19, 2009. REUTERS/NASA/Handout
    Delayed spacewalk ends successfully Sat Nov 21, 4:22 PM ET

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA astronauts completed a spacewalk on Saturday at the International Space Station that had been delayed after a false alarm woke the crews of the station and the visiting space shuttle Atlantis.

  • Art collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers Fri Nov 20, 4:44 PM ET

    ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum said on Friday.

  • Italy collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers Fri Nov 20, 12:17 PM ET

    ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum announced on Friday.

  • New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles Thu Nov 19, 4:21 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world

  • Mouse study points to treatment for Down syndrome Wed Nov 18, 10:05 PM ET

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Increasing the levels of a message-carrying chemical in the brain may help prevent some of the memory deficits in Down syndrome that hinder learning and make it hard for the brain to develop normally, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

  • Gene protects brain-eaters from mad cow-type disease Wed Nov 18, 6:21 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Villagers in the highlands of Papua New Guinea who ritualistically ate human brains but did not die of a brain disease called kuru have a genetic mutation that protects them, researchers said Wednesday.

  • An artist's concept of Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer is shown in this publicity illustration released to Reuters November 17, 2009. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout
    Infrared telescope to detect dim, dusty objects Tue Nov 17, 9:36 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NASA plans next month to launch a space telescope that will scan the heavens for the infrared glow of celestial objects never seen because they are too dim, dusty or distant, scientists said on Tuesday.

  • A Brazilian researcher holds the "Violaceae" plant in Sao Sebastiao de Cuieirs near the Cuieiras river in the Brazil's Amazon rain forest October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes
    In Amazon, a frustrated search for cancer cures Tue Nov 17, 2:11 PM ET

    SAO SEBASTIAO DE CUIEIRAS, Brazil (Reuters) - The task of harvesting the secrets of Brazil's vast Amazon rain forest that could help in the battle against cancer largely falls to Osmar Barbosa Ferreira and a big pair of clippers.

  • A young child is vaccinated against the H1N1 virus in Schiedam November 23, 2009. Vaccination programmes against H1N1 have started in many European countries in recent weeks to try to halt the spread of the virus, which is commonly known as swine flu and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in June. The number of H1N1 swine flu deaths in Europe has doubled almost every two weeks since the middle of October and 169 people died of the virus in the past week, disease surveillance experts said on Monday. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENT HEALTH SOCIETY)
    Had flu? You may have H1N1 protection Tue Nov 17, 8:50 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who have had repeated flu infections -- or repeated flu vaccines -- may have some protection against the new pandemic swine influenza, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

  • Tests rule out BSE in Slovenia cow Tue Nov 17, 6:41 AM ET

    LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Laboratory tests ruled out mad cow disease in a 3-year-old Slovenian cow that died in September, the Slovenian Veterinary Administration said on Tuesday.

  • Fishing body agrees to cut in Atlantic tuna quota Sun Nov 15, 6:41 PM ET

    RECIFE, Brazil (Reuters) - Fishing nations agreed on Sunday to cut by about a third the quota for Atlantic bluefin tuna, a giant fish prized by sushi lovers, numbers of which have been decimated by commercial catches.

  • An aerial view of the Orinoco River in Santa Maria del Orinoco, about 700 kM (435 miles) south of Caracas May 6, 2006. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
    Chavez asking Cubans to 'bomb clouds' amid drought Sun Nov 15, 11:28 AM ET

    CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says he will join a team of Cuban scientists on flights to "bomb clouds" to create rain amid a severe drought that has aroused public anger due to water and electricity rationing.

  • Mutant genes linked to Parkinson's in some: study Sun Nov 15, 1:20 PM ET

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - People of Japanese and European descent who have mutant versions of five genes may be at higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease, two large teams of researchers have found.

  • Man-made ponds linked to arsenic in Bangladesh water Sun Nov 15, 1:22 PM ET

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - Man-made ponds and rice fields irrigated using groundwater may be responsible for arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh, a study has found.