World's Largest Neutrino Observatory - China

World's Largest Neutrino Observatory - China

Wang Yifang (L), chief scientist of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) and head of the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) of the CAS, talks with his colleague at an experiment hall in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 10, 2024. China has constructed the world's largest transparent spherical detector 700 meters underground to capture elusive neutrinos, often dubbed "ghost particles," to unravel the secrets of the infinitesimally small and the infinitely vast in the universe. The 12-story-tall acrylic sphere with a diameter of 35.4 meters, buried deep in a granite layer of a hill in Kaiping, Jiangmen City in south China's Guangdong Province, is the core part of JUNO, a gigantic and complex scientific facility. The construction of the challenging project, launched by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Guangdong government in 2015, has entered the final stage. Installation of the entire device is expected to be completed by the end of November, and the full operati

At least 45 PKK members killed in Turkey's new cross-border operation in N. Iraq

STORY: At least 45 PKK members killed in Turkey's new cross-border operation in N. Iraq DATELINE: April 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. Various of Turkish army's operation, dubbed Claw-Lock, against PKK in northern Iraq (courtesy of Turkish defense ministry) 2. Various file footage of the militants of PKK 3. Various of Turkish defense ministry 4. Various of some caves and ammunitions of PKK destroyed by Turkish army in northern Iraq (courtesy of Turkish defense ministry) 5. Various of Turkish army's operation, dubbed Claw-Lock, against PKK in northern Iraq (courtesy of Turkish defense ministry) 6. Various of Turkish defense ministry 7. Various file footage of the militants of PKK 8. Various file footage of the militants of YPG STORYLINE: At least 45 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been killed during Turkey's new ground and air cross-border operation in northern Iraq, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday. The operati