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The LZ experiment's first science run sets new constraints on dark matter interactions
The LZ detector contains 7 tons of liquid xenon, the dense liquid phase of the noble gas found in the Earth's atmosphere. When a particle interacts with this liquid xenon it produces a flash of ...
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Why dark matter's mysteries persist after decades of searching
One mile beneath a mountain in Italy, scientists at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory fill a particle detector with liquid xenon, hoping to observe evidence of dark matter. The idea is that ...
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Rare glimpse of ‘ghostly’ neutrino fog detected by dark matter experiments in a first
Both these dark matter experiments use liquid xenon detectors to look for dark matter particles or neutrinos by studying how ...
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How xenon gas is offering hope for Alzheimer's patients and their families
Fast forward to 2025: xenon, an odourless noble gas in Group 18 of the periodic table, is now offering hope for Alzheimer’s ...
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Xenon out of its shell
Xenon's discovery concluded an intense period ... Travers had spent months fractionating liquid air residues, but having isolated the lighter noble gases he would typically ignore any additional ...