Showing posts with label Plans for two supercolliders China could be the collider capital of the world. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Plans for two supercolliders China could be the collider capital of the world. Show all posts

Friday, October 2, 2015

Plans for two supercolliders, China could be the collider capital of the world.

The 27-kilometre Large Hadron Collider at CERN could soon be overtaken as the world's largest particle smasher by a proposed Chinese machine. 

For decades, Europe and the United States have led the way when it comes high-energy particle colliders. But a proposal by China that is quietly gathering momentum has raised the possibility that the country could soon position itself at the forefront of particle physics