Given how rarely neutrinos interact with other elementary particles, they’re notoriously difficult to study and consequently, our understanding of these electrically neutral subatomic entities remains rather sketchy. However, the Department of Energy’s famed Fermilab in Batavia, IL aims to unlock these particles’ secrets by blasting them through hundreds of miles of the Earth’s crusts.
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Are you still scratching your head over what a particle accelerator like the Large Hadron Collider actually does? Don’t feel bad, the LHC is the most complicated piece of scientific equipment mankind has ever built. And unless you’re a physicist, you’ll probably never understand its intricacies. But if you’re curious, take a few minutes to watch this animated Particle Accelerator 101 by Don Lincoln. You won’t be applying for a job at CERN afterwards, but you should at least get the gist of what’s going on at the LHC. [YouTube via Geekosystem] More »
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