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January 1, 2017

Deep Within a Mountain, Physicists Race to Unearth Dark Matter

Deep Within a Mountain, Physicists Race to Unearth Dark Matter

Elena Aprile now leads the world's most sensitive dark-matter search. But before she could build her first detector, she had to make herself out of titanium. The post Deep Within a Mountain, Physicists Race to Unearth Dark Matter appeared first on WIRED.

September 3, 2016

Meet the Physicist Searching for Dark Matter’s Hidden Light

Meet the Physicist Searching for Dark Matter’s Hidden Light

The physicist Tracy Slatyer is searching for faint wisps of dark matter annihilating in the early universe—and perhaps in hiding places closer to home. The post Meet the Physicist Searching for Dark Matter’s Hidden Light appeared first on WIRED.

Mining Black Hole Collisions for Hints of the Elusive Axion

Mining Black Hole Collisions for Hints of the Elusive Axion

The physicist Asimina Arvanitaki is thinking up ways to search gravitational wave data for evidence of dark matter particles orbiting black holes. The post Mining Black Hole Collisions for Hints of the Elusive Axion appeared first on WIRED.

Tiny Tests Probe for Dark Matter and Other Exotic Physics

Tiny Tests Probe for Dark Matter and Other Exotic Physics

Experiments that can fit on a tabletop are probing the nature of dark matter and dark energy and searching for evidence of extra dimensions. The post Tiny Tests Probe for Dark Matter and Other Exotic Physics appeared first on WIRED.