Neutrino science · evidence-based research portal
The science behind
neutrino energy.
A portal to neutrino science — ninety years of neutrino physics, from Pauli’s postulate to coherent scattering, read as deep-dive series, each grounded in peer-reviewed primary sources.
What is neutrino science?
Neutrino science is the study of neutrinos — nearly massless, electrically neutral particles that stream through ordinary matter almost untouched. It spans their fundamental properties, the oscillations that prove they have mass, the detectors built to catch them, and the sources across the cosmos and the Earth that produce them.
This portal organises neutrino science into six research tracks, each grounded in peer-reviewed primary sources — from coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) and the 2015 Nobel Prize to the applied neutrinovoltaic research frontier.
Six research tracks
- 01 Fundamentals Flavours, mass, helicity, and the Standard Model context.
- 02 Oscillations PMNS mixing, mass ordering, and the 2015 Nobel Prize.
- 03 Detection Cherenkov detection and coherent elastic scattering (CEvNS).
- 04 Sources Solar, reactor, atmospheric, supernova, and geoneutrinos.
- 05 Cosmology The cosmic neutrino background and the early universe.
- 06 Applications Neutrinovoltaics and the Schubart master equation.
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The Neutrino Energy Group
Led by Holger Thorsten Schubart, the Neutrino Energy Group develops neutrinovoltaic technology — converting energy from neutrinos and other ambient radiation using graphene–silicon materials. Below is its central result, the Schubart master equation (2024), presented as an applied-research framework anchored to established physics.
- P(t)
- electrical output power
- η
- graphene–silicon conversion efficiency
- Φeff
- effective flux density of invisible radiation
- σeff
- structural coupling coefficient
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Understanding the Neutrino
A seven-part introduction to the neutrino — from why it had to exist, through its discovery and three flavours, to the question of mass that reshaped the Standard Model.
Latest from the blog
All articles →- Can Neutrinos Travel Through the Earth? Yes — almost every neutrino passes straight through the Earth without stopping. Only at extreme energies does the planet begin to absorb them. Here is why the Earth is nearly transparent to neutrinos.
- What's the Difference Between a Neutrino and an Electron? A neutrino and an electron are both leptons, but the electron has electric charge and more mass, while the neutrino is neutral, nearly massless, and barely interacts. Here is the full comparison.
- What's the Difference Between a Neutrino and an Antineutrino? A neutrino and an antineutrino are matter and antimatter partners with opposite lepton number and opposite handedness. Whether they are ultimately the same particle is still an open question.
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Neutrino science: frequently asked questions
Are neutrinos dangerous to humans?
How are neutrinos detected?
Do neutrinos travel faster than light?
Can neutrinos be used for energy?
From the physics to the technology
The applied neutrinovoltaic research of the Neutrino Energy Group, grounded in the established physics documented across this site.