A distributed intercity network of quantum sensors is placing additional constraints on the parameters that axionic dark matter could have. (Courtesy: USTC) A new of way of searching for dark-matter ...

Recently, scientists from institutions including the University of Science and Technology of China made a fundamental breakthrough in nuclear-spin quantum precision measurement. They developed the ...

For decades, you have heard scientists say that most of the universe is missing. They are not being dramatic. They mean it in a literal sense. A huge share of matter in the cosmos cannot be seen or ...

Levitating sensors are moving from science-fiction imagery to practical laboratory tools, promising a new generation of instruments that can feel forces so faint they border on the gravitational pull ...

(Top left) Composition of the universe, showing that dark matter accounts for about 27%. (Top right) Proposed quantum sensor network, where superconducting qubits are connected in different graph ...

Researchers in the US have revealed that an emerging class of quantum sensors, called ...

Dark matter remains one of science's greatest mysteries, possibly making up 85% of all matter in the universe. Despite decades of research, its exact nature is unknown. One leading candidate to ...

UC Santa Cruz physicist Stefano Profumo has put forward two imaginative but scientifically grounded theories that may help solve one of the biggest mysteries in physics: the origin of dark matter. In ...

Dark matter remains one of the most compelling enigmas in modern cosmology. Although it does not emit light, its gravitational influence is essential for the formation and evolution of cosmic ...

Dark matter makes up over 25% of the universe’s mass, holds galaxies together, and is essential to our understanding of cosmic structure. It doesn’t interact with light or other electromagnetic ...