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Catching the Wave

Scientists hope to explore the nature of gravity and the frontiers of the universe by detecting gravitational waves. The U.S. government has promised them $211 million to build two kilometer-size detectors. Will they succeed?

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 266 Issue 3This article was originally published with the title “Catching the Wave” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 266 No. 3 (), p. 90
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0392-90