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CERN searches for "dark photons," light's hypothetical cousin that could unlock dark matter

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CERN experiments have been unable to detect dark photons

Dark matter is a mysterious substance that seems to permeate the universe, but detecting it is tricky on account of it not interacting with regular matter very often. Scientists have a list of particles that they’re working through as possible suspects, and now that list is a little shorter. Experiments at CERN have ruled out some types of dark photons, inching us closer to finding the elusive dark matter.

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Solar Chameleons: CERN's search for dark energy particles from the Sun

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Dark energy is one theory to explain the accelerating expansion of the universe, and a new ...

One of the biggest mysteries of the universe is why its expansion seems to be speeding up. Physicists have attributed it to a strange force called dark energy, but exactly how it works is largely speculative. Hypothetical “chameleon” particles could be behind dark energy, and physicists at CERN have been searching for these particles streaming from the Sun. Now, the team has reported the first results of their search.

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CERN’s New Collider Design Is Four Times Larger Than the LHC

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If built, the Future Circular Collider will be 10 times more powerful than the Large Hadron Collider, and could discover new types of particles. Continue reading CERN’s New Collider Design Is Four Times Larger Than the LHC→

ProtonMail warns all users to beware of phishing scam

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ProtonMail is sending a warning urging all users of the end-to-end encrypted email service to be on the lookout for phishing scams impersonating ProtonMail. “Dear ProtonMail user, over the last few days we have noticed an unusually high number of… Continue reading ProtonMail warns all users to beware of phishing scam→

Military Surplus Repurposed for High Energy Physics

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Performing high-energy physics experiments can get very expensive, a fact that attracts debate on public funding for scientific research. But the reality is that scientists often work very hard to stretch their funding as far as they can. This is why we need informative and entertaining stories like Gizmodo’s How Physicists Recycled WWII Ships and Artillery to Unlock the Mysteries of the Universe.

The military have specific demands on components for their equipment. Hackers are well aware MIL-SPEC parts typically command higher prices. That quality is useful beyond their military service, which lead to how CERN obtained large quantities …read more

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Hackaday Links: December 18, 2016

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You can fly a brick if it has offset mass and you can fly a microwave because it breaks the law of the conservation of momentum. A paper on the EM Drive was recently published by the Eagleworks team, and the results basically say, ‘if this works, it’s a terrible thruster that shouldn’t work’. Experts have weighed in, but now we might not have to wait for another test in the Eagleworks lab: China will fly an EM Drive on their space station. Will it work? Who knows.

The ESP32 is just now landing on workbenches around the globe, and …read more

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