Researchers at the University of Nottingham have developed a new method using a 3D printed vacuum system to detect dark matter and potentially uncover the nature of dark energy. This system manipulates gas density and utilizes ultra-cold lithium atoms to explore the effects of scalar fields, aiming to observe domain walls—defects formed during phase transitions in scalar fields. Laser photon system in the lab at the University of Nottingham.

Credit: University of Nottingham