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Physicists Mine Cosmic Answers Deep Underground

LEAD, S.D.—At 7:30 a.m. on a recent Tuesday, about a dozen scientists pulled on steel-toed boots and filed into a steel cage that once ferried hundreds of gold miners to work.Their destination: a new laboratory 11 minutes and a mile beneath the earth's surface that could deliver answers to some cosmic questions. Click here for full article.

(Distributed August 2, 2012)

Will scientists announce discovery of Higgs boson?

Chatter suggesting that the Higgs boson – the theoretical source of all mass – has been found is mounting. But if that's true, the 'God particle' will raise questions of its own.

(Distributed July 3, 2012)

Astronomers pass on passion for space

Astronomers from the Department of Physics taught a crowd of more than 100 children and parents about outer space at “Stargazers,” a collaborative event held at the Providence Children’s Museum last Friday.  Read more . . .

(Distributed March 19, 2012)
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