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The Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) experiment is installed and operated 2km underground at the SNOLAB facility in Sudbury Ontario in Canada, to detect dark matter particles through weak-scale interactions with cryogenic cooled detectors.

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Super CDMS @supercdms.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
2026-08-07: The SuperCDMS experiment at SNOLAB began its first science data-taking run, following a six month commissioning period for the newly installed experiment. supercdms.slac.stanford.edu/news-and-out...
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News | Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search
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Super CDMS @supercdms.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Congratulations to the LZ team for achieving unparalleled background reduction in Liquid Xenon Dark Matter detection, leading to the detection of an unexpected event in an essentially background-free region of parameter space. lz.lbl.gov
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The LZ Dark Matter Experiment | The status and science of the LZ dark matter experiment.
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Super CDMS @supercdms.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
More news coverage of the SuperCDMS cooldown: www.eurekalert.org/news-release... , bioengineer.org/experiment-h... , nationaltoday.com/us/mn/soudan... , phys.org/news/2026-03...
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Experiment reaches critical temperature to unlock search for dark matter
niversity of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers working on the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) experiment are part of a team who successfully cooled the experiment to its base temperatur...
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Super CDMS @supercdms.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
CTV news coverage of the SuperCDMS cooldown: www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ont...
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SNOLAB officially becomes one of the coolest places on Earth
Scientists in Sudbury, Ont., have created a high-tech refrigerator that has reached temperatures many times colder than outer space, part of a groundbreaking project to detect dark matter.
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Super CDMS @supercdms.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
CBS news coverage of SuperCDMS cooldown: www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
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Scientists from Northwestern, other institutions cool down chamber for groundbreaking dark matter search
An international team involving Northwestern University​ announced Tuesday that it has reached a major milestone in its quest to detect dark matter.
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Super CDMS @supercdms.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
SuperCDMS SNOLAB cools down to near absolute zero, setting the stage for one of the world’s most sensitive dark matter searches! News releases: www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2026-03... , news.fnal.gov/2026/03/a-ch...
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SuperCDMS SNOLAB cools down to near absolute zero, setting the stage for one of the world’s most sensitive dark matter searches
The experiment’s detectors have reached their operating temperature, almost a thousand times colder than outer space.
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Super CDMS @supercdms.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
We are pleased to announce that the SuperCDMS Collaboration’s latest paper, titled ''Low-energy calibration of SuperCDMS HVeV cryogenic silicon calorimeters using Compton steps'', has been published online in the journal Physical Review D. link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/... , arxiv.org/abs/2508.02402
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Super CDMS @supercdms.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
The "towers" of SuperCDMS detectors, safe and happy inside the copper "cans" that protect and shield them.
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Super CDMS @supercdms.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Dark Matter Day: Everyone Loves a Mystery! On and around October 31st, 2025, the world will celebrate the historic hunt for the unseen—something that scientists refer to as dark matter. www.interactions.org/dark-matter-...
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Dark Matter Day
There’s more to the universe than stars, planets, asteroids, comets, and space dust. In fact, there’s a lot more to the universe that we can’t yet explain. Scientists believe that dark matter, which w...
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Super CDMS @supercdms.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
The Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) experiment is installed and operated 2km underground at the SNOLAB facility in Sudbury, Ontario in Canada, to detect dark matter particles through rare and weak interactions with cryogenic cooled detectors. More info: supercdms.slac.stanford.edu
SuperCDMS is designed, built and operated by an international collaboration of scientists.
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