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Rival Labs Fight Like Hell to Find 'God Particle'

US may catch elusive particle first while Europe does repairs

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 17, 2009 10:24 AM CST

(Newser) – The US-based Fermilab is gaining ground on Europe's CERN in the race to discover the Higgs boson, the elusive prize of particle physics, reports the BBC. While the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland remains out of order, Fermilab's facility in Chicago has been cranked up....   Read full story »

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