WIMPs
Researchers use sugar crystals to hunt for light dark matter particles
Physicists at the Max Planck Institute have developed a novel detector using ordinary table sugar to search for lightweight dark matter particles known as WIMPs. The experiment cooled sucrose crystals to near absolute zero but detected no signs of the elusive particles after 19 hours. This approach targets interactions with hydrogen atoms in sugar, offering a new angle in the long quest to uncover dark matter.