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Random conversation leads to innovative dark matter detector design
01
APR
Random conversation leads to innovative dark matter detector design

A random conversation between physicists from different areas has led to a new ultrasensitive device to search for dark matter. The device is inspired by an instrument designed for mitigating noise in gravitational wave detectors, and will be sensitive to extremely light dark matter particles, around 10-21 times the mass of an electron. “It’s a very different idea from conventional dark matter detectors...

A random conversation between physicists from different areas has led to a new ultrasensitive device to search for dark matter. The device is inspired...

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Chance find of rare atoms could reveal big surprises in Earth’s past
18
MAR
Chance find of rare atoms could reveal big surprises in Earth’s past

As Dr Dominik Koll was investigating a new method of radio-dating ancient samples, he stumbled across evidence of a major event in the Earth’s...

They found the Higgs boson, but there might be five more!
13
MAR
They found the Higgs boson, but there might be five more!

Anomalous results in particle physics experiments could be a hint to the existence of another five Higgs bosons, calculations have shown. In...

27
FEB
"Joyful occasion" as ANU accelerator receives international recognition

The world’s foremost technical organisation has given the Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) at the ANU Research School of Physics global...

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