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.

Key Takeaways ・Scientists have used laser-excited thorium-229 to probe for ultralight dark matter, even without a fully built ...

Modelling suggests that annihilation of this strange, invisible matter helps stars to retain that youthful glow.

Every underdog has its day. Using the same underlying physics as MRI scanners, a new experiment could boost the search for one of the humbler dark matter candidates: the axion.. Cosmologists ...

A long time ago JWST image showing light that was emitted 13 billion years ago by the distant quasar J0148, which is believed to surround a supermassive black hole. (Courtesy: MIT/NASA) The decay of ...

A concentration of one part per billion is like a pinch of salt in 10 tons of potato chips—and scientists can now find radioactive particles at concentrations millions of times smaller.

Scientists studying the earliest black holes may have found an explanation for dark matter, putting Stephen Hawking’s theory on the subject back into the spotlight.

Now, the search for dark matter has received an unlikely assist from technology used in quantum computing research. In a new paper published in the journal Nature, my colleagues on the HAYSTAC ...

Now, the search for dark matter has received an unlikely assist from technology used in quantum computing research. In a new paper published in the journal Nature, my colleagues on the HAYSTAC team ...

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.

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