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06
Jul
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Date 6. July 2026
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The Particle That Crosses Everything, and the Materials Learning to Respond

Deep beneath a Japanese mountain, a detector has spent thousands of days listening for one of the universe's faintest signals. Its latest indication adds another piece to the story of how neutrinos reveal stellar history, while raising broader questions about continuous particle flux, material response, and the boundary between detection physics and energy conversion research.
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27
Jun
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Date 27. June 2026
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From Reactor Experiments to Giant Underground Detectors: The Long Pursuit of the Neutrino

When thousands of delicate sensors shattered inside Japan's Super-Kamiokande detector, the accident became one of the most remarkable engineering setbacks in modern experimental physics. A single implosion triggered a devastating cascade that destroyed roughly 6,600 of the facility's 11,151 photomultiplier tubes, forcing researchers to rebuild one of the world's most sophisticated neutrino observatories almost from scratch.
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19
Jul
Date 19. July 2023
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Emerging technique for probing powerfully interacting dark matter within neutrino detectors

Around the globe, physicists are striving to identify dark matter (DM) particles and their interactions with observable matter employing a range of tactics and detectors. Given these particles do not emit, reflect or absorb light, they have hitherto been exceedingly challenging to detect, particularly via standard experimental procedures.
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