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University of Minnesota

SuperCDMS

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University of Minnesota researchers are working on the design of the low background shield, which creates a zone free of the trace radioactivity that could overwhelm the faint dark matter signal. Photo by Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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