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SuperNEMO and the mystery of matter

https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2018/78219-supernemo-and-the-mystery-of-matter

Why does the universe exist? Or rather - how did we end up with a universe made of matter , when matter and antimatter are created together? The SuperNEMO experiment is hoping to find some clues to this puzzle, by looking for neutrinoless double-beta

News archive: 2013

https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/news/archive/2013

31 October 2013. Scientists at Edinburgh have helped create the most sensitive dark matter detector in the world, new results show. ... 26 April 2013. The LHCb experiment has observed a matter -antimatter difference in the neutral Bs meson system,

Black Lives Matter : Next Steps in Chemistry | School of Chemistry | School of Chemistry

https://chem.ed.ac.uk/community/equality-and-diversity/black-lives-matter-next-steps-chemistry

It has been 3 months since the killing of George Floyd sparked a movement and renewed calls for justice and decolonisation in regard to race equality and racism. The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee in Chemistry has been engaging in

Delving into dark matter

https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/news/2019/delving-into-dark-matter-19-11-06

Dr Xin Ran Liu from the School of Physics and Astronomy joined fellow eminent scientists in Beijing on 31 October to present at the ‘Why The Dark Matters’ event, hosted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAM), and jointly organised with the UK

News archive: 2012

https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/news/archive/2012

15 June 2012. Thomas Scheler, a PhD student in the Extreme Conditions group of the Institute for Condensed Matter , describes his placement at Edinburgh Instruments Ltd. ... 09 January 2012. Astronomers map dark matter on the largest scale ever observed.

School of Physics & Astronomy News

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learned about the mysterious substance that makes up around 80% of all matter in the universe. ... Prize funds will be used to carry out research in topological problems in soft matter physics.

In search of dark matter

https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/news/2014/in-search-of-dark-matter-14-04-15

The LUX (Large Underground Xenon) dark matter experiment is seeking the first ever direct detection of dark matter . ... LUX uses a 370kg liquid xenon time-projection chamber that aims to directly detect galactic dark matter in an underground laboratory