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With seven types of major large-scale projects physicists want to find the answers to some of the most exciting questions about the Universe:• CTA, a large…
While the 1811-12, magnitude 8 New Madrid earthquakes altered the course of the Mississippi River and rung church bells in major cities along the East Coast,…