NEUTRINO PHYSICS:
Squabbling Kills Novel Korean Telescope Project
Michael Baker
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA--The Korean government has ended funding for a novel aboveground neutrino telescope that was also meant to serve as the country's coming-out party for international research collaborations. Last summer's decision to kill the HANUL project has come to light only recently, however, amid a flurry of vituperative exchanges among the participants. Personal animosity between the project's creator and its principal investigator, a rigid bureaucracy, a slipping schedule, and doubts about its technical feasibility all seem to have a played a role in the project's demise.