Quantum Tech Goes Hunting for Dark Matter in Perth

From 9–13 November 2026, The University of Western Australia (UWA) will host the 21st Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs, one of the longest-running international meetings devoted to dark matter and other weakly interacting particles. A welcome reception will begin the meeting on 8 November. The Patras series started at CERN in 2005 and has since followed the changing landscape of dark-matter physics, from traditional WIMP searches to axions, dark photons and increasingly sophisticated quantum sensors.

The Chair, Michael Tobar writes in QNews.io about the origins of PATRAS, the wider industrial application of the quantum technologies used in discovering dark matter and prominent Nobel Laureate quantum collaborations.

Read the article here: Quantum Tech Goes Hunting for Dark Matter in Perth

For more information and to register for PATRAS2026 go to the Conference website.