Interesting idea. I've been wondering what the heck they are using particle accelerators to do for a long time. The expense didn't seem to justify the cause. The fact that they keep building bigger accelerators everywhere added to the mystery. Why would they need more than one if it was just for exploring the subatomic world of physics? There had to be a bigger reason that so many were willing to pour money into it.

Don't they need materials that are nearly depleted to continue testing fusion reactors?