The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory consists of a giant sphere to detect the elusive neutrino particle. - Bloomberg
BEIJING: China is on track to unlock the mysteries behind a particle that is everywhere on earth yet extremely hard to detect, with the completion of a next-generation science experiment dedicated to detecting neutrinos with high precision.
The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), which cost 2.7 billion yuan (US$380 million) to build, on Nov 19 reported its first results since going into operation in August.
