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Large Hadron Collider: Back with a big bang

The world's most powerful superconducting magnet being assembled in November 2006. The LRC contains more than 1,600 superconducting magnets - each weighing approximately 27 tonnes. The magnets accelerate protons around the circuit until they reach 99.998 per cent of the speed of light

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