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Astroparticle physics

Astroparticle physics

Subterranean science

07 May 2015
Taken from the May 2015 issue of Physics World

The deep underground laboratories of the world are no longer the scientific realm of astroparticle physics alone. From Mars rovers to muon tomography, and from radioactive dating to astrobiology, Sean Paling and Stephen Sadler describe the renaissance in the science taking place far beneath our feet

Scientist in underground tunnel wearing bright-orange clothes with fluorescent stripes, a head torch and helmet and mine safety equipment strapped to his waist
Chris Toth, a facility scientist at the STFC Boulby Underground Laboratory, during the construction of the lab. (Courtesy: STFC Boulby Underground Laboratory)
Walkers on the Cleveland Way footpath in the north-east of England get to enjoy not only the heather

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