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Dinesh
What a utter waste of money...
Mister X
Not at all the question how our universe works is very intriguing and cracking that code may some day be vital to the survival of our species.
I am very glad Japan is trying to get to the foreground of technological progress once again.
daito_hak
This is sloppy reporting. Kajita was not the only one who was awarded for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass. Arthur B. McDonald was also awarded at the same time.
Again sloppy reporting or deliberate omission. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2002 was divided, one half jointly to Raymond Davis Jr. and Masatoshi Koshiba for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos and the other half to Riccardo Giacconi for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the discovery of cosmic X-ray sources.
Wesley
That money could be used for disaster relief or re-enforcing disaster prone areas....especially in a place like Japan.
bobfor2
I agree, there must be better things to spend that amount of money on!
CrazyJoe
Ever since I first read about Neutrinos, I've been fascinated by the thought that millions of them pass through every "solid" thing on Earth, including my body, without generally even leaving any trace after they'd passed through. If not for the fact that all matter isn't solid, but rather joined atoms, I'd find this notion somewhat disconcerting.
It begs a question of what else we don't know--and I'd imagine that answer would be "A whole lot more than Humanity can imagine". The universe is an amazing place, filled with wonders. Ones that make our petty Human concerns and differences seem trivial and banal in comparison.
Bugle Boy of Company B
As long as they do research on Midi-chlorians at the same time, I'm all for it!
lostrune2
Most of the universe are made up of "dark" matter and "dark" energy that we don't know anything about (that's why they're called "dark" - because we're in the dark about it)
If we can find out more about these "dark" stuff - who knows, it may lead to things like totally recyclable matter, or perpetually renewable energy, faster-than-light-speed travel we can easily go to other planets and moons), endless food replicators for everybody, etc,
The study of neutrinos may lead to that since neutrinos almost never reacts with known matter and energy. It may be an in-between linking the matter and energy that we know and the dark matter and dark energy that we don't know.
FizzBit
Another one!?
Dont tell me, the built the generators below the water table.
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Tawkeeo
@Dinesh
Such an insightful and well written comment.