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Al Jazeera Staff

Hadron Collider: What could subatomic particle smasher reveal?

A third round of experiments have started at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) facility in Switzerland [File: Denis Balibouse/Reuters]

Scientists in Switzerland have resumed smashing together the tiny particles that make up the physical properties of the universe, in hopes of better understanding the forces and phenomena that undergird existence.

On Tuesday, the latest round of experiments began at the Large Hadron Collider, a massive apparatus at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) facility in Geneva, following a three-year renovation that scientists say has upped the possibilities for the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator.

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