CBS WWJ-TV 62 Detroit Freese’s “natural inflation” model, which she describes as much simpler than some of its failed counterparts, will serve as a starting point for scientists to deepen their understanding of inflation and the earliest universe.
page 28, by: Robert Gast Physiker sind in einen einzigartigen Kriminalfall verstrickt: Sie wollen die rätselhafte Dunkle Materie, die seit dem Urknall im Kosmos ihr Unwesen treibt, endlich dingfest machen. Allzu viele Verstecke bleiben ihr nicht mehr (Click here to download the publication as an Adobe PDF file) (Click here to download the 2nd page […]
by: Tom Siegfried Scientists may be on the brink of identifying a mysterious form of matter. For decades, astronomers have grappled with their inability to decipher the universe’s darkest secret: the identity of most of its matter.
by: Brian Vastag That wonder molecule of life on Earth, DNA, is now being enlisted in the search for an exotic species zooming through the cosmos: dark matter.
by: Tanya Lewis Physicists racing to detect the mysterious substance known as dark matter are thinking outside the box by looking inside the cell. A new proposal for tracking dark matter particles relies on strands of DNA. All the ordinary stuff in the universe, from the atoms in people to the hot plasma in stars, […]
by: Wired UK A combined team of physicists and biologists aim to build a directional dark matter detector using strands of DNA and gold.
by: Charles Q. Choi “Before we did these calculations, I had been under the impression that on the average, one WIMP would hit one of the nuclei in a human body in about 100 years. In fact I used to joke about the ‘WIMP death theory,’” said researcher Katherine Freese, a theoretical physicist at the […]
by: Jason Major But WIMPs of certain masses can collide with atomic nuclei on occasion—and now it appears such collisions might happen more often than previously thought. “Before we did this work, I thought a WIMP collided with one of your nuclei once in your lifetime,” said Katherine Freese, a professor with the Michigan Center […]
by: Skylar Bergl Ninety-six percent of the universe is unknown to humans—scientists can see the effects of dark matter and dark energy, but not directly detect either one. Last night at the World Science Festival in New York, some of the most interesting minds studying these puzzling phenomena gathered to discuss how they’re trying to […]
by: Katherine Freese For twenty five years I’ve been working on the “dark matter problem”—the question of what makes up roughly 90% of the mass of our Milky Way galaxy as well as every other galaxy. This past week saw intriguing new experimental results that may be telling us something profound about this question.