Atom-smashing world record set

The Large Hadron Collider set a record for high-energy collisions on March 30, 2010 by crashing proton beams into each other at three times more force than ever before.

Scientist of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, react in the SMS experiment control room at their headquarter outside Geneva. Photo / AP

Image 1 of 8: Scientist of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, react in the SMS experiment control room at their headquarter outside Geneva. Photo / AP