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Number 43 (Story #4), August 1, 1991 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein

A NEUTRINO MAP OF THE SKY , cataloging for the first time celestial point sources of neutrinos, is the primary goal of the Deep Underwater Muon and Neutrino Detector, under construction on the ocean floor west of Hawaii. DUMAND, planned since 1975, consists of nine 1000-ft strings of photodetectors anchored 15,750 feet beneath the waves. This array trawls for neutrinos by looking for the characteristic Cherenkov radiation emitted in seawater by the muons created when neutrinos (from the stars) interact inside the Earth. (The New York Times, 23 July 1991.)