Film examines 15 months at Fermilab as it scours the subatomic world for the Higgs boson particle.

"Atom Smashers" examines 15 months at Fermilab as it scours the subatomic world for the Higgs boson particle. Will it be found? Will the United States continue to lead the world in science? Or will it slip behind and watch as the greatest minds in physics drift across the Atlantic, closing a great chapter in American scientific progress?