6,800 feet-deep solid-state detectors hunt dark matter at temperatures colder than space
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Scientists successfully activated SuperCDMS, an underground dark matter detection experiment located 6,800 feet deep in a Canadian mine, by cooling 24 ultra-pure crystal detectors to temperatures hundreds of times colder than outer space—just thousandths of a degree above absolute zero. These extremely sensitive detectors can now hunt for dark matter particles that scientists believe constantly pass through Earth, potentially detecting the invisible matter that comprises 85 percent of the universe.
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