LHC

“This is still a viable possibility, but one of the things that happened after the LHC didn't find this was that it prompted people to realize that this was never the only possibility.”

He and his colleague Edwin Verheul had just set up a new data link between the LHC in Switzerland and data storage sites in The Netherlands.

The idea is to improve scientists’ access to the results of LHC experiments.

Every time one tiny subatomic particle smashes into another during experiments at the LHC, the impact generates staggering volumes of data – about one petabyte per second.

Plus, with an upgrade due by 2029, the LHC expects to produce even more scientific data than it does today.