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Nature 415, 105 (10 January 2002) | doi:10.1038/415105a

Legal move could open door to physics lab

Irwin Goodwin

High-energy physicists in the United States are hoping that a legal exemption could pave the way for construction of the proposed National Underground Science Laboratory.Homestake, a disused gold-mine in Lead, South Dakota, owned by Canada's Barrick Gold, is the preferred site for the new laboratory.