Fastest ever neutrino among slew of fresh findings

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Fastest ever neutrino among slew of fresh findings

By Jonathan Webb
Science reporter, BBC News

9 hours ago Science & Environment

Physicists have unveiled a raft of new findings about neutrinos bombarding the Earth from above, below - and within.

An experiment built in a vast slab of Antarctic ice has doubled its count of "cosmic neutrinos" from outer space, by searching for arrivals passing through the planet from the north.

The same team this week announced the highest-energy neutrino ever detected.

Meanwhile, a detector in Italy reported the first firm evidence for neutrinos produced beneath the Earth's crust.

These "geo-neutrinos" carry much less energy but can inform scientists about the radioactive processes generating heat deep within our planet.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33787562

[xocet]

1. There are beautiful sastrugi in the photo of the IceCube building. n/t

[PJMcK]

2. Sub atomic particle research is important

Fundamental research of particle physics is critical to understanding our universe. Remarkably, by understanding the smallest elemental structures, scientists are able to develop theories about galactic structures and the nature of the universe.

It's unnerving that conservative anti-science legislators killed the super collider that was to be built in the United States. The knowledge that could have been produced would have been equal to- or exceeded- the technologies developed from the space program.

[Duppers]

3. Thank you!

One 28yo I know is now writing his thesis in theoretical particle physics. Jobs are very scarce--funding is drying up as fast as California.




(- proud mom)

[eppur_se_muova]

4. ... and didn't even continue funding for the (already functioning) Tevatron.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=228x75157