ABC 8: Minnesota mine could yield secrets of the universe to SMU professor
The search for mysterious dark matter at an abandoned mine in Minnesota is the subject of "Minnesota mine could yield secrets of the universe to SMU professor" aired Nov. 24 by WFAA Channel 8 in Dallas.
Journalist Jonathan Betz interviewed SMU scientist Jodi Cooley, an assistant professor of experimental particle physics in the SMU Physics Department.
Cooley is a member of the collaboration on the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) experiment.
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