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Missing Matter... Still Missing

Posted by timothy on from the hey-it's-zero dept.

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!"

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  1. WARNING: IP ADDRESS KARMA POLICY NOW IN EFFECT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Warning: Rob and his maniacal henchmen have stepped up their efforts to censor anti-groupthink slashdotters. IP addresses now have karma associated with them. After 10 -1 posts, your IP address and subnet is banned from anonymous posting. After 20 -1 posts, your IP address and subnet is banned from all posting.

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  2. Re:I "detect" a grant money detector at work... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Or, to rephrase what you just said: I have no clue what I'm talking about, but I hope throwing a couple of serious, scientific looking banalities will get me modded up.

    I say you're the WIMP, and my BS meter detected you.