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'''Aperture Science''' is the mysterious research corporation behind the plot of [[Portal]]. 

According to [http://www.aperturescience.com its website], Aperture was founded by Cave Johnson in 1953 as a manufacturer of shower curtains. 26 years later, Aperture began development of the 'man-sized ad-hoc quantum tunnel through physical space with possible applications as a shower curtain,' also called the 'Portal.'

Aperture eventually created the [[weapon_portalgun|Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device]], and built the Aperture Science Enrichment Center to test it. They also created [[GLaDOS]] in response to the news that [[Black Mesa Research Facility|Black Mesa]] was working on a similar portal technology.

The game, Portal, is set mostly in the test chambers of the Aperture Science Enrichment Center. After escaping the test chambers (and near-death), the player finds that the Enrichment Center is deserted, with abandoned desks and disconnected phones. It is apparently run only by GLaDOS.

== External links ==
* {{portalwiki|Aperture Science}} on the Portal Unofficial Wiki

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