Photo of NOvA first block

William Miller, NOvA installation manager

NOvA: Exploring neutrino mysteries

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By Kathryn Jepsen

On Monday, Sept. 10, crews finished installing the first block of the 14-kiloton NOvA detector. What will the experiment do?

Scientists, engineers and technicians on the NOvA collaboration posed on Monday, Sept. 10, in front of the newly installed first block of what will be the largest neutrino detector in the world.

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