That Tron-ish, equalizer-like graphic is actually a 3D representation of particle activity left behind by cosmic rays interacting within NOvA, the Department of Energy's under construction neutrino detector.

ENGADGET

Chesta believes that energy is becoming a domain in which accelerator and detector technology is finding successful applications.

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Using baseline calculations and looking at the data from several other neutrino experiments, Cohen and Glashow demonstrate that from the neutrino starting energies that OPERA claimed, the neutrinos that arrived in Italy at the OPERA detector should have seen most of their energy depleted.

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Although the probe would carry no cameras in the classic sense, its onboard instruments would include a low-energy charged particle experiment, a magnetometer, a cosmic ray detector, and an energetic neutral atom detector.

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When cosmic rays pass through the NOvA detector, they leave straight tracks and deposit well-known amounts of energy.

ENGADGET: NOvA neutrino detector captures cosmic rays in 3D, aims to unlock the mysteries of the universe

It has sold hundreds of the new detector units to the military, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy and emergency response teams.

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The detector records these streams of light , enabling physicists to identify the original neutrino and measure the amount of energy it had.

ENGADGET: NOvA neutrino detector captures cosmic rays in 3D, aims to unlock the mysteries of the universe