A recent meeting of the Union cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave approval to set up the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) in the Theni district of Tamil Nadu at an estimated cost of Rs 1,500crore, according to an official statement.<br /><br />The project, considered to be the first biggest basic science experimental project in the country, aims at building a world class underground laboratory primarily to study neutrinos.<br /><br />A giant 50, 000 tonne magnetized iron calorimeter detector will be kept under the laboratory to study the properties of neutrinos. It will help find the neutrino mass hierarchy.<br /><br />Neutrinos are tiny electrically neutral particles, which cannot be broken into further smaller pieces. They are chargeless and are almost massless.<br /><br /><br />For More information on this news visit: http://www.itvnewsindia.com/<br />Connect with us on Social platform at: http://www.facebook.com/InformationTV<br />Subscribe to our You Tube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/itvnewsindia
