Levitated magnet opens new frontier in search for ultraheavy dark matter
September 04, 2026
September 04, 2026
HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 4 -- Rice University posted the following news release:
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Levitated magnet opens new frontier in search for ultraheavy dark matter
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Rice University researchers have used a magnetically levitated particle to search for ultraheavy dark matter, extending the hunt for some of the heaviest possible forms of the invisible matter thought to hold galaxies together. Led by Christopher Tunnell, associate professor of physics an . . .
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Levitated magnet opens new frontier in search for ultraheavy dark matter
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Rice University researchers have used a magnetically levitated particle to search for ultraheavy dark matter, extending the hunt for some of the heaviest possible forms of the invisible matter thought to hold galaxies together. Led by Christopher Tunnell, associate professor of physics an . . .