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Comment The time needed to detect particles... (Score 2) 112

...is inversely proportional to the amenity of the place where the detector is located.

Years ago two experiments were performed to detect an exotic particle. One detector was at about 4,000 meters depth in the Hawaii offshore, the other deep under a mountain. The Hawaii experiment needed three times the time that people in the cave needed to have the detector up and working, and find the particle they were looking for.

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