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  • Daschle: Turning off pumps won't stop lab

    06/06/2003 8:44:22 PM PDT · by jwalburg · 9 replies · 244+ views
    Aberdeen American News ^ | June 6, 2003 | AP
    Proposed site not in danger for at least one year WASHINGTON - Plans to build an underground laboratory in the Homestake mine would not be dashed if the mine's owner, Barrick Gold Corp., decides to shut down the pumps that now are keeping the mine dry, Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., says. ''I think that too much has been made of whether there is pumping or not,'' Daschle said Thursday. Daschle said he would prefer if Barrick Gold did not shut down the pumps next week, as company officials have said they would. But flooding ''is a very slow process,'' Daschle...
  • Two Americans, Japanese Win Nobel Physics Prize

    10/08/2002 6:45:16 AM PDT · by Physicist · 35 replies · 601+ views
    Fox News ^ | October 8, 2002 | Associated Press
    <p>STOCKHOLM, Sweden — A Japanese and two American astrophysicists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for using some of the most obscure particles and waves in nature to increase understanding of the universe.</p> <p>Riccardo Giacconi, 71, of the Associated Universities Inc. in Washington, D.C., will get half of the $1 million prize for his role in ``pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the discovery of cosmic X-ray sources.''</p>