Candidates for dark matter particles bite the dust
Most sensitive experiment yet determines that earlier findings were artifacts
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WIMP DETECTOR Photomultiplier tubes such as these should detect subtle flashes of light caused by dark matter particles striking xenon nuclei.
Courtesy of Matt Kapust/Sanford Underground Research Facility