From Newsgroup: sci.physics

Scientists just built a detector that could finally catch dark matter
Date:
September 10, 2025
Source:
University of Zurich
Summary:
Physicists have unveiled a new superconducting detector sensitive enough to hunt
dark matter particles smaller than electrons.
By capturing faint photon signals, the device pushes the search into uncharted territory.

Link:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250910000302.htm

Smaller than electrons?
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From Newsgroup: sci.physics

Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote or quoted:

Smaller than electrons?

Yeah, these days people basically see electrons as point
particles. Maybe what he meant was more like a figure of
speech, that they take part in fewer interactions, so
their "cross section" is sort of smaller in a loose sense.


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