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April 2013
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April 15, 2013breaking: Underground experiment sees possible hints of dark matterThe Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment adds new intrigue to the hunt for dark matter.
January 2013
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January 28, 2013feature: Illuminating the dark universeThe pursuit of dark matter and dark energy is one of the most exciting—and most challenging—areas of science. Now researchers think they’re beginning to close in.
October 2012
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October 2, 2012breaking: Panofsky Prize honors researchers' underground hunt for dark matterThe search for dark matter runs deep with physicists Blas Cabrera and Bernard Sadoulet, who have chased this mystery far underground and will be recognized for their work as joint recipients of the 2013 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics.
December 2009
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December 17, 2009breaking: Dark matter experiment results announcedIn the analysis of new data, scientists from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment have detected two events that have characteristics consistent with the particles that physicists believe make up dark matter. However, there is a chance that both events could be the signatures of background particles–other particles with interactions that mimic the signals of dark matter candidates.
July 2009
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July 1, 2009feature: Helium's shrinking bubbleHelium is the lifeblood of large particle accelerators. As the world's supply dwindles, the particle physics community must take steps to preserve this precious commodity or learn to live without it.
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July 1, 2009deconstruction: Periodic tableLook at the periodic table of elements, and you'd be hard pressed to find an element that is not used in physics. But what are the most important elements for building accelerators, detecting particles, and solving the mysteries of the universe? The search for answers takes us on a winding journey that includes ancient shipwrecks, trendy earrings, and the sound of dark matter. symmetry intern Kristine Crane asks Fermilab physicists about the elements they could not live without.
February 2009
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February 24, 2009breaking: Why the dark side of the universe mattersPhysicists talked about their searches for dark matter at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Chicago last week.
August 2008
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August 1, 2008signal to background: Dark matter musicThe search for dark matter strikes a new note with a multimedia art work that turns data from an underground experiment into colored light and musical tones.
February 2007
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February 1, 2007commentary: Abe Seiden: The Particle Physics RoadmapIn October 2006, the Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5) provided a new roadmap for a broad and very exciting science agenda in particle physics research. The roadmap’s destinations are among the most intriguing questions in science.
December 2006
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December 1, 2006feature: Listening for whispers of dark matterJodi Cooley works half a mile underground, in a mine that stopped operating 40 years ago. A rattling elevator takes her to work, 27 floors beneath the surface. The ride down the mineshaft is five minutes of complete darkness. A colony of bats inhabits the mine.
March 2005
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March 1, 2005feature: What's in a name?I have heard conflicting reports as to who decided to call one of the most spectacular intellectual innovations of human history "the Standard Model," physicists' best construct for explaining the range and behavior of elementary particles that make up the universe as we know it.
