Japan puts plans for the world’s next big particle collider on hold
The proposed accelerator would help physicists study Higgs boson particles in detail
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ON ICE Contrary to expectations, the Japanese government is still withholding judgment on whether to host the International Linear Collider (illustrated), a particle accelerator proposed to investigate the Higgs boson.
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