3 Questions: Investigating a long-standing neutrino mystery

Graduate student Nicholas Kamp describes the MicroBooNE experiment and its implications for our understanding of fundamental particles.

Laboratory for Nuclear Science • mit
Oct. 28, 2021 ~6 min

3Q: Scientists shave estimate of neutrino’s mass in half

Joseph Formaggio explains the discovery that the ghostly particle must be no more than 1 electronvolt, half as massive as previously thought.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Sept. 16, 2019 ~6 min


3 Questions: Pinning down a neutrino’s mass | MIT News

KATRIN experiment investigates the ghostly particle.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
June 8, 2018 ~8 min

Scientists report first results from CUORE neutrino experiment | MIT News

Data could shed light on why the universe has more matter than antimatter.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 26, 2018 ~8 min

Physicists design $100 handheld muon detector | MIT News

Pocket-sized device detects charged particles in surrounding air.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 20, 2017 ~8 min

Exploring elusive high-energy particles in an unusual metal | MIT News

Exotic metal displays behavior that could lead to new infrared detectors.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
May 30, 2017 ~7 min

Neutrino search finds no evidence of “hidden” particle | MIT News

If discovered, sterile neutrinos may explain dark matter.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 8, 2016 ~5 min

MIT scientists find weird quantum effects, even over hundreds of miles | MIT News

Neutrinos traveling 450 miles have no individual identities, according to MIT analysis.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
July 19, 2016 ~9 min


3Q: The massive impact of neutrino research | MIT News

Physicist Joseph Formaggio discusses the significance of this year’s Nobel Prize in physics, MIT’s involvement in neutrino research.

Laboratory for Nuclear Science • mit
Oct. 6, 2015 ~4 min

Long-sought phenomenon finally detected | MIT News

Weyl points, first predicted in 1929, observed for the first time.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
July 16, 2015 ~6 min

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