Fermilab’s Tevatron particle accelerator is set to shut down at the end of the year after losing out on additional federal funds to continue its operation.

An estimated 100 jobs could be lost as a result. But area officials are still hopeful about the future of the physics laboratory.

Foster believes Fermilab can continue to be on the forefront of research, even without the Tevatron.

R.I.P. Tevatron, 1987-2011 (via dreamclassier/Daily Chronicle)