CERN has announced that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has been shut down as planned and will remain turned off till 2015 so that it can go through repairs and vital maintenance can be performed.
CERN has revealed that the world's largest and most powerful atom smasher – the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is going into hibernation and will be shut down for a period of two years for upgrade purposes.