CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research based on the Swiss-French border near Geneva, has for the first time spearheaded the construction of a massive infrastructure project outside Europe by launching the assembly of colossal cryostats for the DUNE experiment 1.5 kilometers underground in South Dakota, USA.

Commissioned by the US Department of Energy and managed under the international leadership of Fermilab, the project brings together engineers to assemble detectors using 6,200 tons of steel and French shipbuilding insulation technologies to "catch" a beam of neutrinos fired directly through the Earth's crust.

This ambitious endeavor aims to unravel the ultimate mystery of the universe's origin regarding the survival of matter over antimatter after the Big Bang. For investors and the commercial sector, the payoff lies in pioneering breakthrough technologies in cryogenics and ultra-fast big data processing systems, which are set to revolutionize both liquefied natural gas logistics and next-generation AI computing..

The project's creation is coordinated by CERN Director-General Mark Thomson, who previously managed experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), and Fermilab Director Norbert Holtkamp, who formerly headed the construction of the ITER nuclear fusion reactor in France.

The international team of 1,500 scientists is led by Los Alamos neutrino expert Dr. Sowjanya Gollapinni and UKRI Executive Director Professor Dave Newbold, who was responsible for the ultra-fast data acquisition systems at the LHC.