European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                He Isid set e its r worker inside the Parow by completed superconducting super Collider Tunnel discuss their next step. Physicists face life without super Collider byjoe Waschenbach National geographic disappointed american physicists Are anxiously searching for a Way to Salvage some science from the ill fated superconducting super Collider which was stripped of funding by Congress last month. The $11 billion super Collider had been the highest priority of the . High Energy physics program for the past decade the next leap in the human quest to discover the origins of matter. With no White Knight on the horizon big science May have to go International. No single nation it seems can afford it. We have to keep the momentum and optimism and Start thinking about International collaboration said Leon m. Lederman the Nobel prize winning physicist who was the architect of the supercollider plan. But some physicists fear that the fatal blow dealt the . Collider May discourage needed global financial partnerships. The Collider was designed to be the world s most powerful atom smasher. Its 54-mile main Tunnel encircling the Texas Prairie town of Waxahachie would have been lined with 10,000 superconducting magnets. The magnets were to guide two beams of protons no wider than a strand of human hair toward head on crashes at nearly the Speed of Light producing 100 million collisions a second. The Energy would have re created conditions that May have existed at virtually the moment of birth of the universe the moment of the big  but last month Congress responding to Strong political pressure for Federal budget deficit reduction killed the Collider by transferring $640 million intended for construction to closing out contracts. I Don t argue that the super Collider represents Good science said rep. Sherwood Boehlert r-n.y., a leading opponent of the project. But at a time when our deficit is soaring through the roof he said the Collider was far Over budget and behind schedule. The big question now is whether this is a trend or a terribly unfortunate incident1, whether All research is under threat or just subject to congressional mood swing said Lederman it would be tragic if what we have done so far were wasted Leon a Lederman. Super Collider planner professor of science at the Illinois Institute of technology. Energy Secretary Hazel r. O Leary Calls the Collider s death a devastating  Basic research and its technological and economic spinoffs. The super Collider she said was expected to be the flagship for the world s High Energy physics  the super Collider the biggest project the Energy department has Ever tried to build is about 20 percent Complete. Nearly $2 billion already has been spent on the Collider. More than 2,000 of an anticipated 7,000 people were on the payroll 14.7 Miles of the main Tunnel were dug and construction of some major facilities was completed. The complicated shutdown process is expected to Cost More than $1 billion. An Energy department spokesman said a detailed plan on How to profit most from the dismantling of the Collider s human and tangible assets will be submitted to Congress by july. It would be tragic if what we have done so far were wasted Lederman said. The european Laboratory for particle physics known by its French acronym Cern is designing a Large Hadron Collider that would be similar to the super Collider but about one third As powerful. Nof yet approved or funded it would use an existing 17-mile circular accelerator Tunnel that crisscrossed the French Swiss Border. A decision by the Cern consortium of 14 countries is expected in the Spring. We have to find out what s the Price of admission for the United states to participate Lederman said ten years Down the Road without the super Collider or the Cern Collider research at the frontiers of science. Will come to an end said another Nobel prize winning physicist Steven Veinberg of the University of Texas whose 1992 Book dreams of a final theory is a plea for the super Collider. With the super Collider dead scientifically it is More important than Ever to build the Cern Collider he added. But politically it is now More difficult than Ever. If Congress would t spend billions to build a Collider in Texas it will be hard to get them to spend hundreds of millions to support one in  science shorts Salmonella watch Federal health officials say the use of pasteurized eggs the kind that come in refrigerated containers instead of shells is one of the Best ways to prevent Salmonella infection a Type of food poisoning becoming increasingly widespread to the United states. The centers for disease control an prevention wants to see More stores ser the processed eggs to reduce the number of Sab Noneta infections. The disease spreads when eggs Are improperly handed or served undercooked. A estimated 6.5 million people get sick and 9,000 people die from Salmonella every year in the United states. Pesticide mutations researchers at the department of Energy s Lawrence evermore National Laboratory in California have received a $1 million Grant to look for genetic changes in farm workers exposed to pesticides. The study will focus on wheat Farmers who use the Fumk Jant Piho Sphine in Minnesota Grain silos. Sincethemid-1980s, the chemical has been suspected of causing an increased incidence of cancer especially Lymphoma. Astronomy talk what s a transvestite Supernova that question was among several that got attention at Sta Conn 93, a recent convention of Amateur astronomers that also attracted. Some professionals. The meeting at Wesleyan University in Middletown conn., Drew about 300 people from around the Northeast we re bringing the latest information from the professional. Astronomical Community thais important to Amateur astronomers said Suzanne Marinan of the astronomical society of greater Hartford. There s a real connection Between amateurs and professionals. We rely a lot on data Given by amateurs they Are often the ones who discover new comets new asteroids and Supe movie in other  so what s a transvestite Supernova it s a Type of Supernova that has transformed itself into another Type since its discovery said William Herat a Wesleyan astronomy professor. An Amateur from Spain discovered it. The official condom the Commonwealth games in Victoria British Columbia next summer will feature athletes from 66 countries 11 Days of events and pageantry and an official condom. Games spokeswoman Amy Hart says that condoms manufactured by Ortho Mcneil co. Will carry the logo for the games emblazoned on its packages. Hart says condoms probably will be made available to athletes visiting the event s medical facilities rather than distributed to participants. We realize that some of the athletes Are Young for example some gymnasts can be As Young As 14," she said. We believe condom use is a matter of personal Choice and can be dependent on the morals of different  from wire services tuesday november 23, 1993 Thi stars and strikes 15