Neutrinos seen scattering off an atom’s nucleus for the first time
Ability to detect the tiny particles performing new trick allows for new tests of physicists’ theories
![Juan Collar](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/080317_EC_neutrino_main.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
NEUTRINO NABBER A compact neutrino detector (prototype pictured with physicist Juan Collar of the COHERENT collaboration) has measured a new type of neutrino interaction. The 15-kilogram detector is much smaller than those used in previous experiments.
Jean Lachat/Univ. of Chicago