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Long-standing neutrino question resolved

An announcement by scientists at the Department of Energy's Fermilab today significantly clarifies the overall picture of how neutrinos behave. In addition, scientists at Virginia Tech have proposed a new experiment, known as LENS (Low Energy Neutrino Spectroscopy), which will push the search for sterile neutrinos well beyond the scope of the MiniBooNE project.

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