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212 Estimated to cost about $15 million, the MicroBooNE tank would be located near the MiniBooNE detector at Fermilab so that it could observe the same beam of neutrinos. This past June the lab's physics advisory committee approved the design phase for the project; if all goes well, the detector could begin operating as soon as 2011. Re- searchers hope that MicroBooNE will lead to the development of much larger detectors, containing hundreds of thousands of tons of liquid ar- gon in tanks as big as sports arenas. Such facilities could search for other hypothesized phenomena such as the extremely rare decay of pro- tons. "It's a fantastic new technology," says Bonnie Fleming, a physicist at Yale University and spokesperson for MicroBooNE. "And it's crucial for taking the next step in physics." Mark Alpert is author of Final Theory ( Touchstone , 2008 ), a physics thriller that features neutrinos and extra dimensions . Vocabulary : Earth-shattering – поразительный , шокирующий Tantalizing – привлекательный , соблазнительный , дразнящий To come up with – предлагать To decay – распадаться Muon – мю - мезон Flavor – особенность , разновидность To bounce – врываться , вламываться Shortcut – кратчайшее расстояние Peregrinations – странствия , систематическое изучение . Predecessor – предшественник Inducing – вызывать , побуждать , возбуждать Array – сетка , схема , совокупность Pinpoint – определить I . Answer the following questions : 1. What is the text devoted to? 2. What new experiments are the scientists designing now? 3. What characteristics do neutrinos have?