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NEWS ABOUT: Fermilab

Fermilab stories: 2 news summaries

Rival Labs Fight Like Hell to Find 'God Particle'

US may catch elusive particle first while Europe does repairs

Feb 17, 09 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. At a recent conference, the... More »

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CERN • Large Hadron Collider • Fermilab • particle physics • Higgs boson • God particle

(Newser) - Amateur cryptographers are racking their brains over a mysterious letter sent to the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The note, covered in alien-looking symbols, arrived last year and remained under wraps until May, when the lab posted it online for amateur sleuths. Since then part of the message has been decoded—... More »

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hidden code • cryptography • Fermilab

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