Time for another world record!
The machine is fully awake now and this night for the first time ever accelerated two circulating beams to 3.5 TeV each. CERN immediatly released a press release this noon to share this achievement … it’s certainly getting exciting now …

… since yesterday! The LHC has first circulating beams in both directions again …

I almost forgot … after about two months of hibernation the ATLAS Detector is back in business waiting for the LHC to come up, meanwhile entertained with cosmics data taking. The big ring will probably start up somewhat next week …

Believe it or not, but the LHC made it into the Vanity Fair magazine!
Next to ads for expensive wrist watches and pictures of (half) naked women, there is a four pages article including pictures of posing head scientists … what’s next!?