Fermilab Not Dead Yet, Discovers Rare Single Top Quark

Several sources are reporting that in spite of LHC hype, Fermilab's Tevatron has produced another feat for scientific discovery. Currently the world's most powerful operating particle accelerator, the Tevatron has allowed researchers to observe a rare single Top Quark. "Previously, top quarks had only been observed when produced by the strong nuclear force. That interaction leads to the production of pairs of top quarks. The production of single top quarks, which involves the weak nuclear force and is harder to identify experimentally, has now been observed, almost 14 years to the day of the top quark discovery in 1995."

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[OeLeWaPpErKe]

You expect the people (ie. the government) to expect something back from "stimuli", piles of cash. Probably you mean something other than the customary (in Chicago, at least) "election" support like slanted coverage.

You must be missing the Bush administration already ...

That ship sailed when "I have no opinion one way or the other, but don't you really hate THAT guy ?" got elected.

You are wrong . . .

[kickassweb]

Nuclear energy Belongs in the Technology Museum since it is not sustainable, and it is NOT clean.

We have the technology to make renewables more cost effective, especially the ones you haven't mentioned-- Geothermal, tidal, microhydro, and others, as well as wind and solar.

The thing that pisses me off the most when you nuke lovers speak is you always point to photovoltaic and say how inefficient it is. You're right. There are better ways to use the sun's power, ie direct heating of homes via both passive and active systems.

Throwing more trillions of dollars to the Nuclear Industry is like throwing the money into a failed bank . . .