September 4, 2026
Scott Hertel and Mark Murdy in the lab

Prof. Scott Hertel and graduate student Mark Murdy and their colleagues in the LUX-ZEPLIN collaboration reported an intriguing detection event, which is a candidate for a dark-matter detection! This UMass news article nicely summarizes the event and Scott's assessment. For experts: the LZ site and the collaboration's report on the ArXiv have details. Congratulations, Scott and Mark!