China launches deepest lab on Earth, it is more than 2,000m below ground. What is it looking for?

INA-  sources


The world's deepest and largest underground laboratory became operational in China, state news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday (Dec 7). The report said that the 2,400-metre-deep physics laboratory in located in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

The state agency's report stated that the Deep Underground and Ultra-low Radiation Background Facility for Frontier Physics Experiments (DURF) is located beneath Jinping Mountain in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture. 

The DURF has a total room capacity of 330,000 cubic metres.