Scientists await new worlds as CERN collider is refitted

GENEVA, Apr 12: As two yellow-helmeted electricians  rise slowly on a hoist from the cavern floor to check cabling on a huge red magnet, CERN scientist Marc Goulette makes clear he sees cosmic significance in their task. “When this refit is completed,” he says, gesturing across the gigantic Large Hadron Collider (LHC), “we shall be ready to explore an entirely new realm of physics.” (agencies)