The search for dark matter gets a speed boost from quantum technology
Researchers have found a way to speed up the search for dark matter using technology from quantum computing. By squeezing quantum noise, detectors can now look for axions twice as fast.
Feb. 10, 2021 • ~9 min
Mysterious X-rays may be first sign of ‘ghost particles’
Researchers may have found the first evidence axions, hypothetical particles that could unravel some of the universe's mysteries.
Jan. 28, 2021 • ~7 min
Harvard scientist turns space images into music
Team uses data from space telescopes to create music.
Jan. 25, 2021 • ~5 min
Mark Vogelsberger wins 2020 Buchalter Cosmology Prize for simulating a “fuzzy” universe
Associate professor of physics shares the honor with colleague Phillip Mocz for their novel dark matter research.
Jan. 14, 2021 • ~3 min
Pulling the secrets of dark matter out of a hat
Grad student Chiara Salemi and Professor Lindley Winslow use the ABRACADABRA instrument to reveal insights into dark matter.
Dec. 2, 2020 • ~9 min
Harvard physicist works to understand dark matter
Harvard scientist Cora Dvorkin works to understand nature of dark matter.
Nov. 5, 2020 • ~9 min
Dark matter: our method for catching ghostly haloes could help unveil what it's made of
A new method suggests we should aim to detect dark matter haloes by tracing galactic gas.
Oct. 22, 2020 • ~7 min
Galaxy simulations shed light on Milky Way’s origins
New galaxy simulations could help reveal the origins of the Milky Way and provide clues in the decades-long search for dark matter, researchers say.
Aug. 28, 2020 • ~6 min
Coronavirus: techniques from physics promise better COVID-19 models – can they deliver?
Neuroscientist Karl Friston claims generative modelling techniques produce more valid predictions than conventional models, but the evidence so far is limited.
June 4, 2020 • ~7 min
Half the matter in the universe was missing – we found it hiding in the cosmos
Cosmologists had only been able to find half the matter that should exist in the universe. With the discovery of a new astronomical phenomenon and new telescopes, researchers just found the rest.
May 27, 2020 • ~11 min
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