The business end of a dark matter detector based on a BGO crystal (right) and a germanium disc (left)
It doesn't emit electromagnetic radiation and no one really knows what it is, but that hasn't stopped a team of European researchers from developing a device which scientists will use to detect and determine the nature of the dark matter that makes up 1/4 of the mass of our universe.
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