Official opening of new Boulby Underground Laboratory, 28 April 2003

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Some photos from the Opening Ceremony
CERN Courier, June 2003: Boulby extends the search for dark matter
Whitby Gazette, 2 May 2003: Science minister joins hunt for WIMPs
Guardian, 1 May 2003: Dark matter in deepest Yorkshire
Financial Times, 30 April 2003: Scientists in salt mine aim to shed light on dark matter
Guardian, 30 April 2003: Race to find dark matter heats up
Independent, 30 April 2003: A matter of deep, dark significance in the salt mines of Yorkshire
Daily Telegraph, 30 April 2003: Are there Wimps down there?
(reprinted in Sydney Morning Herald, 5 May 2003, as The search for the missing universe)
The Times, 30 April 2003: Is the secret of dark matter 3,000ft underground?
The Times, 30 April 2003: North Sea salt mine is research paradise
BBC TV News, 29 April 2003: David Shukman reports (needs RealPlayer)
Middlesborough Evening Gazette, 29 April 2003: Mine's role in unlocking dark secret
Newcastle Chronicle & Journal, 29 April 2003: Trip into the dark in search of universal truth
nature science update, 29 April 2003: Showers and air-con for WIMPs down Yorkshire mine
The Northern Echo, 29 April 2003: Minister in deep discussions as new science lab opens
Reuters, 29 April 2003: British Scientists Seek Missing WIMPs of Universe (picked up by, at least: ABC, CNN, Cape Argus, Hindustan Times, MSNBC, New Zealand Herald, Straits Times)
Spaceflight Now, 29 April 2003: The search for the missing mass of the Universe
Yorkshire Post, 29 April 2003: Science plumbs new depths in hunt for wimps
BBC News Online, 28 April 2003: Science in the underworld
The Sun took a somewhat jaundiced view (30 April 2003) - also, not entirely accurate: half the funding came from the Wellcome Trust - but, hey, when did a particle physics experiment last get tabloid coverage?
PPARC press release, 29 April 2003: 90% of the Universe is Missing (includes Boulby pictures)