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Are we still in the dark about Dark Matter?

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Oxford Physics Short Talks and Introductions
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Kathryn boast gives a flash talk discussing what we already know about dark matter, and what we still have to find out about it.
There is quite a lot of conclusive evidence for the existence of dark matter, but we still have very little idea of what it actually is. Kathryn Boast takes you on a guided tour through one of the biggest mysteries in physics, and shows how physicists are trying to shine a light on dark matter and show you some of the kits that she is helping to develop.

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Oxford Physics Short Talks and Introductions
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Kathryn Boast
Keywords
dark matter
particle physics
Department: Department of Physics
Date Added: 07/07/2014
Duration: 00:09:59

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