Building neutrino telescope 3,500 meters under sea-Xinhua

SHANGHAI, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) — Chinese scientists are working for an ambitious goal: building a powerful telescope at 3,500 meters underwater to detect neutrinos, which can help uncover long-standing mysteries such as the origin of cosmic rays.

One of the most abundant subatomic particles, neutrinos rarely interact with matter and can escape from dense celestial environments, unlike…