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New data from XENON100 narrows the possible range for dark matter

(PhysOrg.com) -- An International team of scientists in the XENON collaboration, including several from the Weizmann Institute, announced on Thursday the results of their search for the elusive component of ...

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created Apr 14, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 24 | with audio podcast

Muon makes tracks in EXO-200 detector

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Enriched Xenon Observatory-200, a prototype observatory that will search for exotic decays of fundamental particles of matter, passed a significant if unofficial milestone last month: ...

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created Feb 01, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dark matter sleuths to design world's largest WIMP catcher

A team of researchers led by a Case Western Reserve University physicist is planning the world's largest, most sensitive experiment to catch the stuff of dark matter, stuff that's proved way beyond invisible.

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Lying in wait for WIMPs: Researchers seek to dramatically increase sensitivity of Large Underground Xenon detector

Although it's invisible, dark matter accounts for at least 80 percent of the matter in the universe. No one knows what it is, but most scientists would bet on weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs.

Physics / General Physics

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

MAJORANA, the search for the most elusive neutrino of all

(Phys.org) -- In a cavern almost a mile underground in the Black Hills, an experiment called the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, 40 kilograms of pure germanium crystals enclosed in deep-freeze cryostat modules, will ...

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created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

Electrons in concert: A simple probe for collective motion in ultracold plasmas

(PhysOrg.com) -- Collective, or coordinated behavior is routine in liquids, where waves can occur as atoms act together. In a milliliter (mL) of liquid water, 1022 molecules bob around, colliding. When a bre ...

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New light at the end of the tunnel

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists successfully concentrated the energy of infrared laser pulses using a nano funnel enabling them to generate extreme ultraviolet light pulses, which repeated ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

How slow is slow? EXO knows

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cooks think of watched pots. Handymen grumble about drying paint. Kids dread the endless night before Christmas morning.

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created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Chemists make first molecular binding measurement of radon

Even in trace quantities, the radioactive gas radon is very dangerous; it is second only to cigarette smoking as a cause of lung cancer deaths in the United States. The expense and precautions necessary to study it safely ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 30, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The fine art of etching

(PhysOrg.com) -- They see more than the naked eye and could make traffic safer: miniaturized thermal imaging sensors. But they are difficult to manufacture on a commercial scale. Researchers have now developed ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Xenon100: 'We hope to detect the largest proportion of the matter in space'

The underground laboratory at Gran Sasso in Italy is the home of the Xenon100 experiment, which is being conducted as an international collaboration that includes the Heidelberg-based Max Planck Institute ...

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created Apr 28, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Search for dark matter moves one step closer to detecting elusive particle

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dark matter, the mysterious substance that may account for nearly 25 percent of the universe, has so far evaded direct observation. But researchers from UCLA, Columbia University and other ...

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created Apr 15, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 6

Highly Sensitive Dark Matter Experiment Disproves Earlier Findings

(PhysOrg.com) -- Early data from a Columbia-led dark matter experiment rule out recent hints by other scientists who say they have found the elusive particle that holds the universe together. The findings ...

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created May 06, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (25) | comments 38 | with audio podcast


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