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Tevatron To Shut Down At End of 2011

Posted by Soulskill on from the too-bad-there's-no-fundamental-oil-particle dept.

universegeek writes "It appears Fermilab's Tevatron will be shutting down by the end of 2011. Rumors confirmed today at the ISP220 conference say that the DOE denied further funding for the project. Looks like the LHC is our only hope in the hunt for the Higgs after all."

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  1. Re:Modern world has its priorities wrong by pellik · · Score: 5, Funny

    Think of all the money we could save in the long run if instead of paying firefighters or police we just researched how to make everything fireproof and crimeproof.

  2. Budget cuts by onyxruby · · Score: 4, Funny

    Budget cuts, the one divide by zero scenario science can't route around.

  3. Re:Modern world has its priorities wrong by Straterra · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least we'll have hairstylists!

  4. Re:My biggest complaint about Bill Clinton by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 4, Funny

    Please explain to me why I should be in favor of the government funding particle physics research.

    Why don't you step into the box with the cat for a quick demonstration.