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New Dark Matter Detector Sends First Data From Gold Mine 1.5km Underground

Posted November 02, 2013 10:40 PM

From Space Daily:

Scientists testing the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment have reported promising scientific and technological results. They have set up the experiment to identify the nature of dark matter, an invisible substance that physicists believe is all around us, making up most of the matter in the universe, but that barely has any effect on our every-day lives.

Scientists have published the first results from the Sanford laboratory today, which, they say, validate the experiment's design and performance. The research challenges previous studies that claim 'sightings' of dark matter.

They are now beginning a process to uncover the exact identity of the dark matter particle - a process equivalent to the work done by the Large Hadron Collider in identifying the Higgs boson.

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Re: New Dark Matter Detector Sends First Data From Gold Mine 1.5km Underground

11/04/2013 11:44 AM

Interesting, but not clear whether they have detected any.

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