"Breakthrough Results: Tabletop Experiment Unveils New Approach to Dark Matter Search"

The Broadband Reflector Experiment for Axion Detection (BREAD) has delivered its first results in the search for dark matter, placing tighter constraints on the characteristics of dark matter particles. The experiment, developed by the University of Chicago and Fermilab, takes a "broadband" approach to search for hypothetical dark matter particles called "axions" and associated "dark photons." The experiment, which is relatively inexpensive and compact, demonstrated high sensitivity in its initial test and is set to be transported to the magnet facility at Argonne National Laboratory for the next stage.