No extra time for US particle lab (BBC) {why we suck, part CXXXVII}

[eppur_se_muova]

By Paul Rincon
Science reporter, BBC News

The hunt for the elusive Higgs boson particle - crucial to current theories of physics - looks set to become a one-horse race after 2011.

A US "particle smasher" has been denied an extension that would have kept it running until 2014.

The Tevatron accelerator will now end operations this year as was originally planned.

After that, Europe's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will have a clear run at searching for the particle.
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Fermilab would have needed an extra $35m per year to operate the Tevatron into 2014.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12156998




$35 million? Check under the sofa cushions in the Pentagon.

[Norrin Radd]

1. USA! USA! We're number...uh, last.

[laconicsax]

2. Now, now. Our particle accelerator research is still a little ahead of Tuvalu's...

[n2doc]

3. Austerity starts at home

Unless you are a bankster or military contractor

[Odin2005]

4. That's fucked up!

:grr: