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From Physics World

18 June 2008

No extra cash for UK physics
"Any remaining hopes that the UK government might plug an £80m hole in the nation's physics-research budget were dashed yesterday..."
 

From nature

4 June 2008

Physicists to target neutrinos: US switches focus from colliders
"...The recommendations to continue ILC research and development are "okay", says Barry Barish, a high-energy physicist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, who heads the ILC design effort. "But it isn't an aggressive programme to bring the ILC to the United States."..."
 

From New Scientist

4 June 2008

Reasons for optimism over US particle physics
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"...Among the big losers in the cuts were those involved in the International Linear Collider, which was suspended in December. The panel added that the need for the ILC is not yet proven and so construction should not be guaranteed...."
 

From Physics World

June 2008

ILC is best bar none
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"Fan clubs are commonplace for pop groups, sports teams and film stars, but probably not the norm for physics experiments, especially when the experiment in question has not even been built yet..."
 

From Science

30 May 2008

PARTICLE PHYSICS: Does Fermilab Have a Future?
"...Some physicists say it's unfair to blame the ILC for the demise of smaller experiments. In tight budgets, those projects simply weren't worth the costs, they say..."
 

From New Scientist

30 May 2008

US particle physics spared the axe
"...A panel of senior physicists reporting to the Department of Energy (DoE), the main US funder for accelerator laboratories, said that it should be possible for the US to commit to several cutting-edge projects including a new US-based linear collider, which had been threatened by budget cuts..."
 

From Science

30 May 2008

PARTICLE PHYSICS: Whither the International Linear Collider?
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"Efforts to develop the International Linear Collider (ILC), a 40-kilometer-long, straight-shot particle smasher, have taken some thumps in the past 16 months. But like a seasoned pugilist, the ILC has rolled with the blows, project leaders say..."
 
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