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Physicist Tom Coan is a principal with an international team unraveling the secrets of neutrinos.

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Originally Posted: August 7, 2015

Fermilab experiment observes change in neutrinos from one type to another over 500 miles

Scientists have sorted through millions of cosmic ray strikes and zeroed in on neutrino interactions in their quest to learn more about the abundant yet mysterious particles that flit through ordinary matter as though it isn’t there.

Initial data from a new U.S.–based physics experiment indicates scientists are a step closer to understanding neutrinos, the second most abundant particle in the universe. READ MORE