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(2008-09-09)
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TUSCALOOSA, AL
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The world's largest atom smasher - the Large Hadron Collider - will be fired up tomorrow morning (Wednesday, 9/10). The 17-mile-long tubular structure is built deep underground on the border of France and Switzerland. Scientists are hoping it will be able to provide answers to some of science's most vexing questions - including how the universe formed. It's an historic event, and Alabama Public Radio's Butler Cain got some insight from Louis Clavelli, a professor of theoretical high-energy physics at the University of Alabama.
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OUTRO: Louis Clavelli is a professor of theoretical high-energy physics at the University of Alabama. He spoke with Alabama Public Radio's Butler Cain about tomorrow's start of the world's largest atom smasher -- the Large Hadron Collider. © Copyright 2012, APR - Alabama Public Radio
