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Physicists create ultra-clean flexible cables for dark matter detectors
Original: Physicists engineer flexible cables clean enough for next-generation dark matter detectors
Physicists report engineering flexible cables that are clean enough for use in next-generation dark matter detectors. The development addresses a practical obstacle: ordinary cabling can introduce radioactive or particulate contamination that interferes with the extreme sensitivity these experiments require. The advance could help future detectors push sensitivity limits further in the search for dark matter particles.
Why now: A reported materials engineering breakthrough relevant to major dark matter detection experiments is drawing scientific attention.
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Evidence
- Physicists engineer flexible cables clean enough for next-generation dark matter detectors · Bioengineer.org
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