As part of the new QuASAR project (Quantum Atom-experiment for Sensing And fundamental Research), researchers are building ...

FRENCHMAN FLAT, Nev. — In the middle of a dry lakebed northwest of Las Vegas sits a lone section of a bridge, its steel girders bent like spaghetti. Nearby are other oddities — a massive bank vault ...

Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Survey of the Principal Underground Laboratories." National Research Council. 2012. An Assessment of the Science Proposed for the Deep Underground Science and ...

Last week, NPR's Geoff Brumfiel reported from a top-secret underground laboratory where scientists study nuclear weapons. We wanted to know, how in the world did he get down there? So we asked him, ...

Studying earthquakes can be a tricky business, especially as scientists don’t know exactly when or where they’ll strike. The Fault Activation and Earthquake Rupture (FEAR) project—a new facility deep ...

The U.S. conducts some of its most sensitive nuclear weapons research in a laboratory deep underground in Nevada. NPR was recently given a tour. (National Nuclear Security Administration/Nevada ...