Fermilab Exploring the Universe by Blasting Neutrinos Under Wisconsin
While the lab lost $50 million in funding two years ago, Fermilab is now receiving over $100 million in economic stimulus aid to further its research, reports the Washington Post. The funding specifically focuses on continuing a project that involves blasting a beam of neutrinos (or tiny, neutrally charged particles with very little mass) in a straight, 500-mile line, through the curving surface of the Earth, from Illinois to northern Minnesota. Neutrinos are so minuscule, posses such a slight amount of mass, and interact so strangely with matter that they can pass through solid objects.
