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China’s Deep Underground and Ultra-low Radiation Background Facility for Frontier Physics Experiments (DURF), located beneath Jinping Mountain in Sichuan’s Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, is now the world’s deepest and largest underground laboratory.
At 2,400-meters-deep, this physics laboratory will be used by researchers to pursue the invisible substance known as dark matter. Its extreme depth helps block most cosmic rays that would typically disturb observations. The facility will also host multiple disciplines including particle physics, nuclear astrophysics and life sciences.
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The DURF, with a total room capacity of 330,000 cubic meters, is the second phase of China Jinping Underground Laboratory. It started construction in December 2020 and was jointly built by Tsinghua University and Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd.,” according to Xinhua News.
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