On Dark Matter Day in October, the Dark Matter Centre, alongside the Boulby Underground Laboratory and the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory provided a tour of the facilities and an explanation of the search for dark matter happening inside the labs.
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We have enjoyed a year of outreach, exploration and discovery at the Dark Matter Centre in 2025. Thank you to everyone involved in our Centre’s many research, education and outreach activities.
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Director & Senior Scientist at Boulby Underground Laboratory, UK
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In August, the National Quantum & Dark Matter Road Trip travelled to remote and regional areas across Australia to share the love of science.
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There’s more to the universe than meets the eye. Dark matter, the invisible substance making up most of the universe’s mass, is all around us — but what it is remains one of science’s biggest mysteries.
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Members who have made exceptional contributions to the Centre in the areas of Outreach and Impact, Collaboration and Centre Values, and Mentorship were recognised as the 2025 Annual Workshop in November.
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Happy Dark Matter Day! What better way to celebrate than hearing Dr Karl Kruszelnicki talk with Kim Mintern-Lane about the potential of dark matter research to change our lives.
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To celebrate Dark Matter Day on Friday, October 31, we are excited to be travelling around the world, with live links to two fascinating underground labs that are part of the search for the elusive dark matter: the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory and the Boulby Underground Laboratory.
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Maya Sharp is an Honours student at the Australian National University, working primarily under the supervision of Prof. Cedric Simenel. Maya is researching quantum information and quantum foundations within the context of nuclear physics.
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Dr Alasdair Gregor McLean is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Adelaide.
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Dark Matter Centre Director Professor Elisabetta Barberio has been awarded the Italian Bilateral Scientific Cooperation Award by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
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Kim Mintern-Lane is the Chief Operating Officer of the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL). She has also been the Facility and Laboratory Manager of SUPL and prior to that she worked at the Australian Federal Police in the forensics portfolio. Kim works with Centre members with the installation of SABRE South and CELLAR in SUPL as well as outreach projects in Stawell.
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