Introduction: The world's largest and most powerful particle collider, based at CERN on the border between France and Switzerland, is an enormous undertaking. It is built to help scientists discover what the Earth is made of; it also plays a crucial role in resolving many scientists' theories. It is a 27 kilometer ring with super magnets that help particles accelerate along the path. Some also argue that it is a machine that could be dangerous, because it has the ability to create small BLACK HOLES! “One way or another, it is the largest machine in the world and will examine the smallest particles in the universe. It's the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).” http://realitypod.com/2011/04/how-does-large-hadron-collider-work/How does it work? Running the largest car in the world will not be wise. The collider has two functions: to accelerate the particles to high speed in a beam about 2 mm wide and then direct the rays towards the heart of the collider, where the head-on collision occurs. The particles that the hadron collider accelerates are protons and lead nuclei; these have positive charges and therefore can be driven by magnets. These super magnets (9,300 in total) are used to control and orient particles as they make their way around the 27km circuit of the Large Hadron Collider. The Hadron Collider actually has two beams traveling in front of each other so that two groups of protons can travel towards each other. At the heart of the collider, the two beams meet for a brief moment, and that's where things explode! This is where the explosion occurs and where the scientist can try to find new elements.Advantages and disadvantages?The Hadron Collider is about testing theories at...... middle of paper......03/14 /higgs-boson-discovery-confirmed-cern-large-hadron-collider_n_2874975.html>.• Is the Large Hadron Collider worth its huge price? 2013. Wednesday October 2013.• Large Hadron Collider. 2013. Wednesday October 2013.• LHC 'Big Questions'. 2013. Wednesday October 2013 .• OzoneGuy. Disadvantages of hadron collider? August 2013. Wednesday October 2013.• Strickland, Jonathan. How the large hadron collider works. 2013. Wednesday October 2013.• Welcome to the Large Hadron Collider. 2013. Wednesday October 2013 .