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KATRIN Physicists Measure Upper Mass Limit of Neutrino


Physicists with the KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment report the most precise measurement of the upper mass limit of the neutrino to date, establishing it as 0.45 electron volts (eV) -- less than one-millionth the mass of an electron.

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