1. Does Fermilab Have a Future?
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Cho, Adrian
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RESEARCH institutes , *LABORATORIES , *ECONOMIC bubbles , *FINANCIAL crises , *BUSINESS cycles , *ECONOMICS - Abstract
The article explores on the fate of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illinois. The facility is undergoing a financial crises wherein they some of their employees like David Mason, a particle physicist, requires to take one week every two months as unpaid leave. Such reduction in the employees wage is detrimental to them because some of them have families who depended on their salary. It reveals that the budget crunch leaves the future of the 40-year-old laboratory in an uncertain state. Discussed are the details of the facility's standing.
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- 2008
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