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From LiveScience.com:
As the ambitious Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland is put through its paces, one sector has been cooled to minus 455.8 degrees Fahrenheit, or -271 Celsius, colder than space.
The collider, designed to smash sub-atomic particles together and possibly create miniature black holes, will help scientists understand the mysterious realm of subatomic matter.
The frigid feat, along one stretch of the 16.8-mile-long (27 kilometers) superconductor ring, was announced today. It was accomplished using liquid helium as a refrigerant, because it is the only element that can exist in a liquid state at such a low temperature, the scientists said.
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