Sneaky.
  • Researchers have just found evidence of “dark electrons”—electrons you can’t see using spectroscopy—in solid materials.
  • By analyzing the electrons in palladium diselenide, the team was able to find states that functionally cancel each other out, blocking the electrons in those “dark states” from view.
  • The scientists believe this behavior is likely to be found across many other substances as well, and could help explain why some superconductors behave in unexpected ways.
  • subignition@piefed.socialEnglish
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    27 days ago

    Darkness in science often means mystery. But mysteries can be answers in and of themselves—at least, until you dig even deeper.

    Dark, darker, yet darker…

    • paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      27 days ago

      You know what they say, the darker the mystery, the sweeter the… scientific paper that explains it.