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In a Quiet Room: A UC Davis Physicist's Search for Gravitational Waves and Dark Matter

  • by Greg Watry

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  • A UC Davis Physicist's Search for Gravitational Waves and Dark Matter

 

Empty industrial lab with yellow walls, blue vents, overhead lights and workbenches

Inside a 3,000-square-foot space adjacent to the UC Davis Physics Building, Nancy Aggarwal searches for invisible ripples and substances in the fabric of space-time. It’s a space uniquely suited for detecting gravitational waves and dark matter, built on its own foundation and outfitted with thick concrete walls. 

https://lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu/science-technology/gravitational-waves-dark-matter-nancy-aggarwal

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