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Article: Federal help needed to build linear collider
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- May 10, 2006
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The study of "particle physics" has led scientists around the world to a greater understanding of how the universe is formed, what is inside an atom and what new particles are out there in space. For years, brilliant American scientists have dominated the field of particle physics.
But now, we face competition from Japan and Europe, and the U.S. scientists warned that in order to retain our lead in this field, we need to support the next state-of-the-art particle accelerator -- a linear collider -- a project that would affect residents of Illinois and Northwest Indiana. If this new accelerator is built in the United States, it ...