Scientists Expand Knowledge of Dark Matter

nife00 writes "BBC News is reporting that British scientists at Cambridge have expanded the current understanding of the mysterious particles known as dark matter." According to the article: "[The Cambridge Team] has at last been able to place limits on how it is packed in space and measure its "temperature". "It's the first clue of what this stuff might be," said Professor Gerry Gilmore. "For the first time ever, we're actually dealing with its physics," he told the BBC News website."

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I'll probably never understand why newspapers are never able to quote any references for their news. Even in the absence of a published refereed paper, I would expect that there is at least a preprint or press release from the research group... apparently BBC news is convinced that their readers will drop dead on the floor if they encounter a hyperlink leading to something more than just random blurb from a journalist.

Actually, they don't even say whether 'Professor Gerry Gilmore' is part of the group that did this research, or whether he is just someone they asked 'Hey guy, what do think about this stuff?'. I.e. they don't even identify clearly any member of this 'Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, team'.