Public lecture on Science in the News

Title - New windows on the Universe

Speaker - Vivek Jain, Assoc. Prof. of Physics, U Albany

Abstract - Humans have long observed the skies, but for the most part we have been restricted to using visible light. In the last few decades we have opened new windows via cosmic rays, gravitational waves and neutrinos. In this talk, we will "see" how neutrinos, the second most abundant particle in the universe, and one that can go through a trillion miles of lead unscathed, are giving us new information on the universe (as well as our planet)!

p.s. the image had to be cropped, but it shows a Neutrino astronomer sitting deep underground, as much as a mile below Earth's surface