The INFN received their long-awaited lead treasure in 2010, and in 2017, armed with a new shield made of melted Roman lead, ...

Located deep under the Gran Sasso mountain in Italy, 25 crystals are sealed inside a copper box and surrounded by concrete made from the mountain’s rocks. The intricate installation is a particle ...

What if I told you that while you can't see dark matter, maybe you can hear it? I know, I know, it sounds crazy…and it is ...

Since November, a physics experiment called the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) has been looking for components of dark matter--the primary "stuff" of which the universe is made. Conducted from ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The most sensitive dark matter detector in the world is showing results in the hunt for the hypothetical particle. The results: they can’t find it. “If you think of the search for dark ...

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The world’s most sensitive dark matter detector still hasn’t found evidence of weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs, but the search continues. LZ’s central detector, the time projection ...