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Missing Matter... Still Missing
squidfrog writes "Nature.com, PhysicsWeb, and the BBC all report on the latest results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search. 'The most powerful search yet for the Universe's missing matter has come up empty handed, contradicting an earlier study that claimed to have seen new particles.' 'A favoured theory is that the dark matter consists of Wimps (weakly interacting massive particles) about a thousand times more massive than a proton, one of the particles found in an atom's nucleus... on the rare occasions a Wimp strikes an ordinary atom, the effect should be noticeable.' 'Writing in the Physical Review Letters, the team says that while a detection has yet to occur, there is now a better idea of how much dark matter must exist.' They 'hope to improve the sensitivity of the experiment by another factor of 20 over the next few years.' What's 20 times 0? And don't tell me zero!"
Somehow, I think the search for WIMPs will be more successful than the search for WMDs.
oh finally ... it's been such a long time since i had this feeling that something's missing from my life .. poor me, i always thought that would be some million $ from my bank account .. or lately, some /. karma
btw, when they find this wimps i plan to sue them and get some compensation for the years of stress they made me endure!
"There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I found the missing matter.
It was in the black hole. Ask beavis and butt-head for details.
There is one problem though: It doesn't matter.
Maybe it's broken?
--- Hindsight is 20/20, but walking backwards is not the answer.