Tag: Sea Spider


  • Sea Spider Deploys to Track Ghostly Cosmic Neutrinos: China’s Trident Project Advances

    Sea Spider Deploys to Track Ghostly Cosmic Neutrinos: China’s Trident Project Advances

    China tests a Sea Spider deployment device to chase ghostly cosmic neutrinos In a milestone for particle physics and astrophysics, researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Tsung-Dao Lee Institute have completed a full-scale sea trial of the Subsea Precision Instrument Deployer with Elastic Releasing, affectionately nicknamed the Sea Spider. The trial marks a major step…

  • Sea Spider advances China’s underwater neutrino telescope

    Sea Spider advances China’s underwater neutrino telescope

    Overview: a landmark sea trial for neutrino science Chinese researchers have reached an important milestone in the search for neutrinos, the ghostly subatomic particles that stream through us and the Earth in vast numbers every second. A specialized deployment system nicknamed the Sea Spider, short for Subsea Precision Instrument Deployer with Elastic Releasing, underwent a…