University of Delaware

Using clocks to detect ultralight dark matter

As the precision and portability of atomic clocks continue to improve, University of Delaware physicist Marianna Safronova and collaborators Yu-Dai Tsai of the University of California, Irvine, and ...
Science Daily

The nuclear clock that could finally unmask dark matter

Physicists are exploring thorium-229’s unique properties to create a nuclear clock so precise it could detect the faintest hints of dark matter. Recent measurement advances may allow scientists to ...
Phys.org

The dark side of time: Scientists develop nuclear clock method to detect dark matter using thorium-229

For nearly a century, scientists around the world have been searching for dark matter—an invisible substance believed to make up about 80% of the universe's mass and needed to explain a variety of ...
techtimes

Atomic Clocks May Finally Uncover Evidence of Dark Matter, According to Scientists

A team of physicists from the University of Sussex and the National Physical Laboratory in the UK has been conducting experiments to detect ultra-light dark matter particles with the use of atomic ...
Phys.org

Investigating dark matter interactions using optical atomic clocks

Can dark matter interact with photons and influence atomic structure? A case for optical atomic clocks: Two different types of such clocks were compared at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt ...
The Next Web

Oxford physicists enlist and entangle atomic clocks in the hunt for dark matter

Scientists at the University of Oxford recently published the results of a mind-blowing experiment wherein they entangled two atomic clocks at a record-breaking distance of two meters. Up front: ...