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Physical exercise

The opening of the Large Hadron Collider in Europe will offer high-powered opportunities for particle physicists to decode the mysteries of the Universe. Virginia Gewin finds out more.

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  1. Virginia Gewin is a freelance writer based in Portland, Oregon.

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Gewin, V. Physical exercise. Nature 442, 218–219 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7099-218a

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