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Source: BBC
Fastest ever neutrino among slew of fresh findings
By Jonathan Webb
Science reporter, BBC News
9 hours ago Science & Environment
Physicists have unveiled a raft of new findings about neutrinos bombarding the Earth from above, below - and within.
An experiment built in a vast slab of Antarctic ice has doubled its count of "cosmic neutrinos" from outer space, by searching for arrivals passing through the planet from the north.
The same team this week announced the highest-energy neutrino ever detected.
Meanwhile, a detector in Italy reported the first firm evidence for neutrinos produced beneath the Earth's crust.
These "geo-neutrinos" carry much less energy but can inform scientists about the radioactive processes generating heat deep within our planet.
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