Scientists used a neural network, a type of brain-inspired machine learning algorithm, to sift through large volumes of particle collision data. Particle physicists are tasked with mining this massive and growing store of ...
General Physics
Apr 15, 2024
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For nearly a century, dark matter has continued to evade direct detection, pushing scientists to come up with even more creative methods of searching. Increasingly sensitive detection experiments are a major undertaking, ...
Astronomy
Jul 28, 2023
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Dark matter does not emit or reflect light, nor does it interact with electromagnetic forces, making it exceptionally difficult to detect. Nevertheless, a research team from The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) has ...
Astronomy
Mar 21, 2023
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An international team of scientists that includes University of California, Riverside, physicist Hai-Bo Yu has imposed conditions on how dark matter may interact with ordinary matter—constraints that can help identify the ...
General Physics
Jul 13, 2018
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A new particle detector design proposed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) could greatly broaden the search for dark matter—which makes up 85 percent of the total mass ...
General Physics
Mar 20, 2018
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Technology proposed 30 years ago to search for dark matter is finally seeing the light.
General Physics
Sep 15, 2017
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At least a quarter of the universe is invisible.
General Physics
Oct 27, 2016
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There is five times more dark matter in the universe than "normal" matter—the atoms and molecules that make up the familiar world. Yet, it is still unknown what this dominant dark component actually is. On Nov. 11 an international ...
General Physics
Nov 12, 2015
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Lawrence Livermore scientists have come up with a new theory that may identify why dark matter has evaded direct detection in Earth-based experiments.
General Physics
Sep 24, 2015
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Cutting-edge paper by Professor George Fraser – who tragically died in March this year – and colleagues at the University of Leicester provides first potential indication of direct detection of Dark Matter – something ...
General Physics
Oct 16, 2014
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