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Gran Sasso d'Italia (grän säs`sō dētä`lyä), mountain group of the central Apennines, in Abruzzi, central Italy. It rises to c.9,560 ft (2,914 m) in Monte Corno, the highest peak in the Apennines. Campo Imperatore, a mountaineering and skiing resort, may be reached by cable car. Mussolini was confined there after his fall from power but was rescued by German paratroopers. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Next year, a detector more sensitive than KamLAND to Earth-generated antineutrinos is slated to start operating under the Gran Sasso mountain in Italy. Beneath the Apennine Mountains at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory east of Rome, the team analyzes faint flashes of light emitted by sodium iodide detectors when subatomic particles collide with them. At the Gran Sasso underground laboratory in Italy, GALLEX researchers looked for low-energy neutrinos produced by the decay of chromium-51, a specially prepared, highly radioactive isotope of chromium. |
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