LHC on schedule

2005, the international year of physics, has so far been a flawless year for the LHC. 1000 out of 1232 magnets are already at CERN; 200 magnets have already been installed. See

• Press release

Update, September 2008: the protons start to orbit in the LHC on September 10th, 9:00 am, see the webcast. But the collisions will only start in October 2008, before a winter break. In 2009, everything will be operating fully. Click the "lhc" category in the list below to get dozens of articles about the Large Hadron Collider.