{"id":211269,"date":"2024-03-08T10:17:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T10:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/a-tale-of-two-mysteries-ghostly-neutrinos-and-the-proton-decay-puzzle\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:21:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:21:03","slug":"a-tale-of-two-mysteries-ghostly-neutrinos-and-the-proton-decay-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/a-tale-of-two-mysteries-ghostly-neutrinos-and-the-proton-decay-puzzle\/","title":{"rendered":"A tale of two mysteries: ghostly neutrinos and the proton decay puzzle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article-image-inline ArticleImage\" data-method=\"caption-shortcode\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImage__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05103024\/SEI_193853776.jpg?width=1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05103024\/SEI_193853776.jpg?width=100 100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05103024\/SEI_193853776.jpg?width=200 200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05103024\/SEI_193853776.jpg?width=249 249w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05103024\/SEI_193853776.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05103024\/SEI_193853776.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05103024\/SEI_193853776.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05103024\/SEI_193853776.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05103024\/SEI_193853776.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05103024\/SEI_193853776.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05103024\/SEI_193853776.jpg?width=900 900w\" class=\"image size-full wp-image-2420446 ReplaceImageLazyload\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1130px) 900px, (min-width: 1025px) 900, (min-width: 768px) calc(100vw - 30px), calc(100vw - 30px)\" alt=\"35-ton-capacity Prototype cryostat for LBNF \/ DUNE, Anode Plane Assemblies - Construction of the DUNE 35-ton prototype detector\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" data-credit=\"Reidar Hahn\" data-caption=\"Construction of the DUNE 35-ton prototype detector\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">Construction of the DUNE 35-ton prototype detector<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">Reidar Hahn<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>AT SOME point in our lives, most of us learn that atoms are comprised of three types of particle: neutrons, protons and electrons. Each has distinct properties. The electron and proton have opposite electrical charge from one another, while the neutron lacks an electrical charge entirely. The electron is also an elementary particle \u2013 not comprised of any other entities \u2013 while the proton and neutron are both composite particles, each made of three quarks (which are themselves elementary).<\/p>\n<p>From a category standpoint, protons and\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg26134810-200-a-tale-of-two-mysteries-ghostly-neutrinos-and-the-proton-decay-puzzle\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Construction of the DUNE 35-ton prototype detector Reidar Hahn AT SOME point in our lives, most of us learn that atoms are comprised of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":211270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339510,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211269\/revisions\/339510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}