Midas Oracle .ORG » Batavia http://www.midasoracle.org Prediction Markets, etc. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:20:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Has the FermiLab in Chicago discovered the elusive Higgs particle? http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/03/26/has-the-fermilab-in-chicago-discovered-the-elusive-higgs-particle/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/03/26/has-the-fermilab-in-chicago-discovered-the-elusive-higgs-particle/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:45:25 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/03/26/has-the-fermilab-in-chicago-discovered-the-elusive-higgs-particle/ Continue reading →]]> They are not sure, yet. They are still analyzing data.

(The FermiLab is located in Batavia, Illinois, about 45 miles West from Chicago. The CERN, located in between Switzerland and France, is their competitor; it’s the world’s largest particle physics laboratory.)

- “Higgs FermiLab” at Google Search

- Particle X in rare decay could belong to a new physics model – Phys Org

- Physicists in America may have scooped their counterparts in Europe in the hunt for the source of universal mass. – The Economist

- Hunt for the God particle – COSMOS magazine


© NewsFutures

(((Ah. Following my last rant, the NewsFutures people have added a copyright line. :) )))

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You may remember that I have called for The Economist to do more about publicizing the market-generated probabilities of socially relevant issues, in association with their news articles. Well, this FermiLab story is the perfect example. :)

Previous: The Economist should set up The Open Institute of Prediction Markets.

External Link: Project Red Stripe » Blog Archive » Turning The Economist into an economy

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