Aside from being an economic and military powerhouse, China is now aspiring to become the leader in scientific and technological advancement with this new particle smasher. If they haven't already dwarfed the competition in that respect, this would definitely put them at the top of the pack.
Physicists at Beijing’s Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) are are designing the world's biggest particle smasher. If built, the 100-kilometre-circumference facility would dwarf the 27-kilometre Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Europe’s particle-physics laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland — and would cost around half the price.
It seems that the tides are turning, a shift of power from the West to the East is looming. Elizabeth Habney has more on this development at Nature.
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I'll I have to get a new tshirt " i survived the ihep"...
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Remember that the Soviet Union tried to do the same.
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