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02/01/10

Don't make us guess

In the latest symmetry, I read that, “The two-mile-long linear accelerator at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is the second-longest building in the world.” OK. I give up. You opened the question and gave no answer: What is the longest building in the world now?

02/01/10

World's deepest lab proposed in China

Chinese scientists have carved out a space in the heart of a mountain where a search for dark matter will soon begin. It's just the first taste of what they hope to do there: Create the world's largest, deepest underground laboratory.

02/01/10

Mining

Miners sometimes add lead nitrate to prevent this and speed things along. But is there a way to fine-tune the process to get more metal out of the ore?

02/01/10

Soudan Lab

Just before 7:30 on a bitter-cold morning in northern Minnesota, engineer Jim Beaty begins the last leg of his daily commute. He steps into a dark brown metal box with five coworkers. Someone slides the door closed.

02/01/10

Bringing dark life to light

The stunning realization that up to half of life on Earth may exist underground has transformed biologists’ thinking about the origin and evolution of life here and on other planets. The search for "dark life" could go to new depths at a proposed underground laboratory.

02/01/10

Gran Sasso: A tale of physics in the mountains

In an epic story of fairy-tale beauty and world-leading science, human courage and determination confront adversity and Gran Sasso laboratory comes forth to see the stars once more.

02/01/10

EXO takes clean to an extreme

Some particle physics experiments require an extraordinary degree of cleanliness and quiet. How far will they go to achieve this?

02/01/10

DUSEL: Big plans for deep science

When the Homestake mine closed in 2003 after producing 42 million ounces of gold, it left a colorful gold rush history, tall steel headframes looming over a town of 3000 people, and an enormous hole in the ground: North America's largest and deepest underground mine.

02/01/10

Lucia Votano: An auspicious time for Gran Sasso

In September 2009, I began my new assignment as director of the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, the biggest underground laboratory in the world devoted to neutrino and astroparticle physics.