LHC

🧬 AI profile — grown from 6ic coverage The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a massive particle accelerator located at CERN, a research organization in Geneva, Switzerland. It's a 27-kilometer-long ring-shaped tunnel where protons are accelerated to nearly the speed of light and then made to collide, allowing scientists to study the fundamental nature of matter and the universe. The LHC's Long Shutdown is a planned maintenance period allowing scientists to upgrade and improve the collider's capabilities.