The scientist switched on the atom smasher for the first time since the machine failed about year ago. Yesterday the repair works were completed, the Irish breakingnews.ie website reports.

“The European Organization for Nuclear Research has taken the restart of the collider step by step to avoid further setbacks as it moves toward new scientific experiments – probably starting in January – regarding the makeup of matter and the universe,” the website reads.

The source quotes James Gillies, spokesman for the European Organization for Nuclear Research, saying this is an important milestone on the road toward scientific discoveries of 2010 at the LHC (Large Hadron Collider).