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RE: International Linear Collider

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So, we know that the Large Hadron Collider is big, and you might be forgiven for thinking if it is big enough, powerful enough, to get some scientists talking about it having the potential to end the world.
Forgiven, but wrong. In the world of particle physics, it would seem, bigger is better. To prove it, let me introduce you to the International Linear Collider.

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The International Linear Collider will give physicists a new cosmic doorway to explore energy regimes beyond the reach of todays accelerators. A proposed electron-positron collider, the ILC will complement the Large Hadron Collider, a proton-proton collider at the European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, together unlocking some of the deepest mysteries in the universe. With LHC discoveries pointing the way, the ILCa true precision machinewill provide the missing pieces of the puzzle.

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Physicists in the UK have failed to persuade research-council bosses to rejoin preparations for the International Linear Collider (ILC).

We will cease investment in the International Linear Collider. We do not see a practicable path towards the realisation of this facility as currently conceived on a reasonable timescale.

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Scientists in three locations on the globe are locked in a multi-billion-dollar race to cross the boundaries of knowledge in particle physics.
Their quest: find the secrets of dark matter and the "God particle" - a sub-atomic particle that is fundamental for understanding the nature of matter, but so elusive that, physicists quip, it can only be compared to divinity.
Last week, an international consortium stepped up the pace by announcing in Beijing a design for the world's most expensive atom smasher - the $6,7-billion International Linear Collider (ILC).

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