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    "date": "11 June 2026",
    "year": "2026",
    "sortDate": "2026-06-11",
    "headline": "AI and physics combine to deliver the sharpest weak-lensing view of the dark Universe",
    "summary": "Researchers have developed a new analysis technique to extract significantly more information from galaxy surveys, delivering the most precise weak-lensing-only measurements yet of the Universe\u2019s dark matter distribution.",
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    "author": "Eleanor Barrand",
    "profile": "Professor Alan F Heavens, Dr Lucas Makinen",
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