Atom smasher to be shut

GENEVA. The Large Hadron Collider is to close for a year to repair mistakes made in construction. It is the latest in a series of setbacks to hit the atom smasher that scientists hope will re-create the Big Bang and pinpoint the Higgs boson, the so-called"God particle".

Two-wheeled King's Farewell

Despite an amputated finger and a 'split atom', Troy Bayliss will miss biking when he retires.

World Survives Atom Smasher's First Go Around

IT WENT off with a bang - but only a figurative one.

Atom-smasher May Prove 'god Particle'

IT HAS been heralded as a monumental creation that will reveal the fundamental nature of the universe, but also as a doomsday machine that could destroy the planet.

Vampire Love Story Lacks Bite

The dashing hero of the series is pushed aside in this finale. Breaking Dawn By Stephenie Meyer Atom, 753pp, $29.95

Bomb Survivor Praises Pm For Paying His Respects At Shrine

JUNKO MORIMOTO was just 13 when the Americans dropped a atom bomb on her home city of Hiroshima, killing an estimated 140,000 people.

Illawarra Mercury

The blind allegiance that ALP councillors must exhibit at this very local level is party politics at its demonstrable worst. If we are to take this opportunity to clear the stench of corruption, then the Iemma government and ALP machine must axe the political mind control in local government. But don't believe for a moment it will do so. Fancy that, politicians surrendering an atom of power.

God's Hammering

A TEAM of thousands of scientists are looking for the Higgs Boson particle in the proton, the core of an atom, and if they don't find it they will be just as excited as if they did.

Moments In Time - June 1972: French Nuclear Tests At Mururoa

France's atom-bomb tests brought a mixed reaction in Australia. By Alan Attwood

The Quip And The Dead

WHERE THE TRUTH LIES Written and directed by Atom Egoyan from the novel by Rupert Holmes Rated R Running time 106 minutes Showing Now Cinemas George Street, Palace Verona and Norton Street, Greater Union Bondi, Cremorne Orpheum * * Mr Darcy tackles a new period drama as the seedy '70s unfold in a satirical whodunit.

Scientist Taking One Small Step To The Universe

HAMILTON's Kane O'Donnell is using nanotechnology to help build the world's first atom microscope.

When The Atom-merchants Come Courting

TALKING about nuclear energy arouses strong passions on both sides of the debate.

Shadow Of The Bomb

Sixty years ago the atom bomb forced Japan's surrender. Memories fade but we should heed its power then and the potential now, writes John Huxley.

Gospel

THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA Atom Bomb

Supermarket Executive's Parting Bomb

Roger Corbett said it was the equivalent of developing the atom bomb. So when one of the key figures in a new supply chain project went to Franklins the Woolworths boss was furious.

Leading Muslim Cleric Condemns Greenacre Killers

ONE of Australia's leading Muslim clerics pleaded with violent youths to stop submitting to Satan, and condemned the Greenacre killers as not having an atom's weight of faith in their hearts.

Men's Eyes Only - Spiritual Treasure-trove Brings Joy To Stories' Owners

An Aboriginal elder once described it as an atom bomb because of the spiritual power of the 1200 ceremonial men's objects it houses.

Icy Saga Ripe For Revival

The Atom Station By Halldor Laxness Harvill, 180 pp, $32.95

A Discovery To Change The World If Only We Knew How

It is one of only four in the world, it took six years to build and its worth millions. Now scientists at Australia's Quantum-Atom Optics centre, opened in Canberra yesterday, only have to discover a use for their new atom laser.

N Korea Has Nuclear Plan For Reactor Materials: Us

Beijing: North Korea is preparing to start up a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant that makes plutonium usable as the fissile material in atom bombs, reports from Washington say.