"Small-Scale Solution: Physicists' New Approach to Searching for Dark Matter"

Physicists at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory propose a new method to search for dark matter using quantum devices that could be naturally tuned to detect thermalized dark matter, which may be present in and around Earth. This small-scale solution could be key to solving the large-scale mystery of dark matter, as it could potentially detect low-energy galactic dark matter as well as thermalized dark matter particles. The researchers are exploring the possibility of redesigning superconducting quantum devices as thermalized dark matter detectors and considering different materials and interactions to improve the detection process.