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eppur_se_muova

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Thu Jan 5, 2012, 02:53 PM Jan 2012

Neutrino-hunting underwater telescopes probe origins (BBC)

By Katia Moskvitch
Technology reporter, BBC News

The number of "eyes" scanning the universe in search of a particle that could shed light on our universe's formation is about to multiply.

High-energy cosmic neutrinos are only able to be detected by a few existing detectors hidden in what may seem bizarre places - inside mountains, underground, underwater and even in solid ice.

Operators use them to unravel the mysteries of cosmos, aiming to provide insights into the nature of dark matter, the evolution of stars and the origin of cosmic rays.

They may also be able to test the results of recent experiments that suggested neutrinos were faster than light which were carried out a Cern, the world's biggest physics laboratory.

Soon two more telescopes will join the network.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16410025

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