New detector will aid dark matter search
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 13:21
in Astronomy & Space
Several research projects are underway to try to detect particles that may make up the mysterious "dark matter" beleived to dominate the universe's mass. A new detector built by MIT physicist Jocelyn Monroe and her students finished its initial testing last week.
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