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The National Quantum & Dark Matter Road Trip will arrive in Tasmania in 2026 to share the joy and excitement of science with students and communities.

The purest sodium iodide crystals ever seen in Australia, and in any dark matter physics experiment currently underway anywhere in the world, will arrive in the Victorian town of Stawell in coming months.

The National Quantum & Dark Matter Road Trip will arrive in Tasmania in 2026 to share the joy and excitement of science with students and communities.

A University of Melbourne researcher has placed the strongest constraints yet on certain rare decays of subatomic particles, narrowing the window for where new "hidden" particles could be lurking.

Australia’s bid to detect elusive dark matter has taken a major step forward, with new research confirming that cosmic radiation levels deep inside the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL) are low enough to support the world-class experiment that will commence later this year.

Global dark matter experts will converge on Stawell and provide the region with an opportunity to talk to them about the ground-breaking research happening and what it means for the area.

In the lead up to International Women’s Day, read about CDM Director Elisabetta Barberio’s groundbreaking work in search of dark matter.

A fridge that is 300 times colder than outer space will make its home in the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory after it received Australian Research Council and university funding.

On Dark Matter Day 2023, CDM researcher Ben McAllister discussed dark matter and why it remains one of the great mysteries of the universe.

The Catalyst explored the extraordinary projects being undertaken around the world to find dark matter, including 1km underground in Stawell.

The ABC visited the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory to find out how researchers at the CDM are searching for dark matter 1km underground.

The Centre was lucky enough to have the opportunity to host the Veritasium team at its University of Melbourne laboratory, Swinburne University of Technology Wantirna Campus and the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory.