Majorana Demonstrator finds 'tantalizing' new purpose

Scientists are using a detector originally designed to study neutrinos to pin down an elusive nuclear physics measurement. In Greek mythology, the Olympic gods punished the demigod Tantalus by chaining him in a pool of water beneath a tree heavy-laden with fruit. If Tantalus reached toward the fruit to satisfy his hunger, the branches recoiled. If he stooped to slake his thirst, the water receded. The story of this perpetual punishment is the origin of both the verb "to tantalize" and the relate...