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‘Chameleon’ model of dark energy fails to reveal itself

Delicate laboratory experiment turns up no evidence for one possible explanation of the accelerating expansion of the Universe.
Diamagnetically levitated force sensor with a thin yellow film on top.

A piece of graphite (black wafer in hole) forms part of a force sensor designed to detect one form of dark energy suggested to account for the increasing rate of expansion of the Universe. Credit: Han Xie

For several billion years, the Universe has been expanding at an accelerating pace. Now, a lab experiment has cast doubt on one proposal concerning the identity of the mysterious ‘dark energy’ that could be driving this acceleration1.

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Nature 609, 445 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-02774-w

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  1. Yin, P. et al. Nature Phys. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01706-9 (2022).

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