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Nature 435, 728-729 (9 June 2005) | doi:10.1038/435728a; Published online 8 June 2005

Fermilab:  High-risk physics

Geoff Brumfiel1

  1. Geoff Brumfiel is Nature's Washington physical sciences correspondent.
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In the world of billion-dollar particle physics, one lab is taking an enormous gamble on its future. Geoff Brumfiel takes a look at Fermilab's hopes to host the next big machine.

Sitting in a temporary office, Pier Oddone seems relaxed, even confident. Next month, the 60-year-old physicist takes the helm of the leading high-energy physics laboratory in the United States, at a time when the lab's particle accelerator — its raison d'être — is scheduled to close within five years.

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