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bpnjensen · December 19th 06, 07:30 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

wrote:
Neutrons fly through Earth (and our bodies too) without even slowing
down.Somewhere in America,underground,there is a big tank of pure water
and scientist use that tank of water and equipment to catch the tracks
of Neutrons.Or is it Nuetrinos? I once read about that in National
Geographics magazine many years ago.
cuhulin

Neutrinos - you were right the second time. These little babies are so
tiny and of such high energy that they are hard to capture or even
detect.

Neutrons, however, being big and heavy, pretty much stop on collision
with anything, once released from an atom.

Bruce Jensen