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Nature 445, 694 (15 February 2007) | doi:10.1038/445694a; Published online 14 February 2007

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Physicists pitch biggest accelerator

Geoff Brumfiel1

  1. Geoff Brumfiel, with additional reporting by Ichiko Fuyuno

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Plan sets price-tag for next-generation collider.

They have worked out the cost of a next-generation particle accelerator; now physicists must sell the dream machine to their governments.At a meeting in Beijing, China, last week, a coalition of physicists set the construction price for the International Linear Collider (ILC) at about US$6.