A Chinese Laboratory Aims to Study Neutrinos — VOA Learning English
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China plans to start operations of a huge experiment next year that aims to observe subatomic particles called neutrinos.
The goal is to gather information that will help physicists better understand matter itself. That information will help solve one of the biggest mysteries in particle physics.
The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory, or JUNO, is in China’s southern Guangdong province. It is expected to begin operations in 2025.
Reporters with the Reuters news agency recently reported on the laboratory in China. It also reported on similar efforts in the United States.
What is JUNO?
The JUNO center has cost more than $300 million to build. Part of it is a 35-meter-tall sphere that is 700…
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