The Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator at Cern is offline after a short circuit - caused by a weasel.
The unfortunate creature did not survive the encounter with a high-voltage transformer at the site near Geneva in Switzerland.
The LHC was running when a "severe electrical perturbation" occurred in the early hours of Friday morning.
360-degree tour of Cern's Large Hadron ColliderA spokesman for Cern said that the weasel did not get into the tunnels, just the electrical facilities.
Arnaud Marsollier told the BBC that it would take a few days to repair the damage caused by the weasel's visit.
He added that while it was, fortunately, not every day that an animal affected the equipment, it was not that surprising as the research facility is in the countryside.
In 2009 the LHC was taken out by what was suspected to be a bird, though no remains were found.
Such "small issues" with the equipment were all part of the running of the LHC, Mr Marsollier said, and experts were used to carrying out repairs.
Cern's own report on the incident says that the weasel got into a 66kV transformer. The transformer connections were damaged.
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(((POP!))) goes the weasel, I suppose.
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God particle found! Creature created!
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
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What do you get if you cross a lying politician with a crooked lawyer?MajGenl.Meade wrote:God particle found! Creature created!
Chelsea Clinton.
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Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?