Neutrino Experiments: A Race to Unlock the Universe's Secrets

The universe's existence is a question that has baffled scientists for centuries. Now, a fascinating race is underway, with teams in the US and Japan vying to solve this cosmic mystery. In South Dakota, the massive Dune project, situated 1,500 meters underground, houses over 1,400 scientists from 35 countries. Their focus: studying the subatomic particle, the neutrino, and its counterpart, the antineutrino. Meanwhile, in Japan, an even larger and more powerful detector, Hyper-K, is under construction. Both projects aim to fire beams of these particles over 1,000 kilometers to observe how neutrinos and antineutrinos transform. "If neutrinos and antineutrinos transform differently, it could explain how matter won over antimatter, leading to the universe we know today," explains Stephanie Rodrigues, the g1 journalist featured in the video. The results of these ambitious projects are eagerly awaited, promising to shed light on one of the greatest mysteries in science.