Large Hadron Collider revs up to bash protons, shed light on dark matter

Part of the Large Hadron Collider, a giant loop of electro-magnets built under the French Alps. AFP/File

Ten years after it helped reveal the existence of the particle known as the Higgs boson, the Large Hadron Collider is about to start smashing protons into one another at unprecedented energy levels in its quest to understand how the universe works.

The world's most powerful particle collider started warming up in April after a three-year break for upgrades.