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LHC data probes beauty quark at record-small scale
Cambridge-led analysis of LHC data detected beauty-quark interactions at a billion-trillionth of a metre, a step toward dark-matter searches.
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A Cambridge-led team analyzing Large Hadron Collider data detected beauty-quark interactions at a scale of a billion-trillionth of a metre, about 100 billion times smaller than an atom. Researchers say the result could help probe possible new particles and dark matter, but more data and a detector upgrade are needed.
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DUNE neutrino detectors to be assembled a mile underground in South Dakota
The Guardian reports that construction of four giant detectors for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment begins Monday in the former Homestake gold mine.
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XENONnT detects lowest-energy solar neutrinos yet, down to 17 keV
The XENONnT dark matter detector has captured solar neutrinos at energies as low as 17 keV, far below the previous 200 keV threshold, showing its low-background sensitivity.