Have you geeks ever thought of the next big machine in the world of science? Well, it’s the $8 billion Large Hadron Collider that is in actual a particle accelerator slated to circulate the first beams in November 2007 at low energy in a test run while the collisions at high energy are expected by midst of 2008. The LHC might possible take covers off the exotic physics concepts such as God particle and the extra dimensional theories currently in vogue.

LHC is not the only one. There is another next big machine dubbed ITER experimental fusion reactor that is proposed to be built in France by 2015 and it will a whopping $13 billion machine. If the project goes successful, it would open the door to cleaner and abundant energy. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is anticipated to show that nuclear fusion, which exploits the same energy that heats the sun to produce electricity, can bid a farewell to the pollution generating fossil fuels.

So, what comes next in the list of future’s next big machine in the field of science? Well, if we believe the words of world’s leading physicists, it will be the International Linear Collider that is a huge multibillion-dollar installation that would work on the leads engendered by the LHC. It is intended to explain appropriately what the universe is made of and will offer exhilarating new insights into how it works.

What’s next? It could be the Compact Linear Collider.

Via: CosmicLog52212