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A construction crew works on the Mu2e experiment building located on Fermilab grounds in October.

Q&A: Professor awaits experiment that could tell secrets of universe

By Leah Nicolini | November 4, 2015

NIU physics professor David Hedin’s eyes lit up as he talked about the $270 million federally funded muon to electron (Mu2e) experiment.A muon is a subatomic particle that is similar to the electron, but 200 times heavier, and was discovered 80 years...