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Why British scientists are hunting for dark matter in a Yorkshire mine
Why British scientists are hunting for dark matter in a Yorkshire mine
Last Modified: 05 Sep 2008
By:
Tom Clarke
A multi-billion pound European project is in danger of being upstaged by a group of British scientists.
Based in Switzerland, the world's first subatomic super collider represents some £7m of European money. One of its key aims is to discover dark matter.
But that's something which a group of British scientists say they're closer to finding at the bottom of a Yorkshire mine.
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