Inside Japan’s big physics | Part two : KAGRA

In the second of a new three part series, we go behind the scenes of KAGRA, the world’s most advanced gravitational wave detector. For more than half a century, Japan has been at the forefront of ’big physics’, asking fundamental questions about the laws which govern the workings of the universe. Questions of this magnitude require cutting edge technology on a truly massive scale. Over three episodes, Nature reporter Davide Castelvecchi travels across to Japan to get a rare look inside three of its flagship experiments. Part one: Super Kamiokande - Part three: Belle II - Read more about KAGRA: Sign up for the Nature Briefing: An essential round-up of science news, opinion and analysis, free in your inbox every weekday: