Physicists pitch biggest accelerator

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A coalition of physicists have worked out the cost of the International Linear Collider (ILC) at about US$6.7 billion, but it does not include the 22 million hours of labor, contingency costs or inflation. The future of ILC will depend on the outcome of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, the European particle-physics laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland.

Product development, Switzerland, Noncommercial research organizations, Government Laboratories, Linear accelerators

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Regulators pull contract for chemical review

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A review on the safety of bisphenol A is under scrutiny for conflicts of interest. Enraged environmental group forced the National Institute of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS) to pull the contract claiming that Sciences International is linked to chemical industry giants like Dow Chemical and BASF that produce bisphenol A.

General services, CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS, Administration of Public Health Programs, Industrial Organic Chemicals, Bisphenol-A, Cyclic Crude and Intermediate Manufacturing, Environmental Health Sciences, United States, Usage, Safety and security measures, Germany, Environmental aspects, BASF AG, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Michigan), DOW, Pesticides industry, United States. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Herbicides, Sulphur industry

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Los Alamos contract open to bids

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) decision on accepting bids from new contractors for running the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, presently run by the University of California is discussed. The effects of this decision on the officials and researchers at Los Almos Laboratory are analyzed.

Research and Testing Services, New Mexico, R&D Facilities, United States. Department of Energy, Laboratories

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