Russia has made significant contributions...

Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland on Tuesday collided protons at record power of 7 tera-electron volts (TeV), or 3.5 TeV per beam, moving a step closer to unraveling the mysteries of the universe.

"Russia is an equal partner in the LHC project. Its contribution to the project is about 7%. About 700 physicists and engineers participate in research," said Viktor Matveyev, academician-secretary of the department of physical sciences at the Russian Academy of Sciences.

He said that Russian companies have manufactured a wide range of equipment for the atom smasher. In particular, a Russian firm produced 80,000 crystals of lead tungstate for one of two large general-purpose particle physics detectors built on the collider.

"Russian scientists take part in all experiments on the collider," Matveyev said.

The scientist added that an active participation in this unique project has the same importance for boosting Russia"s prestige in

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