This formulation is a simplified mechanism for creating this substance that places significantly less stress on transmutation/research engines. Rather than forming a metastable centre and attaching unstable extremeties, we construct stable/low energy halves and put them together.

As with our other formulation, all tests match the results reported by Prof. Tyne. My in-house analysis shows they produce the same substance, so I am confident that any results drawn from this process should apply to the original result.

And I am confident in saying that this is no "dark matter". To recap, light is propagated through tiny variations in the length of bonds throughout the luminiferous aether that permeates all matter. These sub-hex jostles pull on ordinary atoms, allowing the transfer of energy.

A true "dark matter" would have no interactions with aether, but direct observation using our research engines shows a strong coupling effect instead; long aether bonds form across its open structure, reducing interference to below the level measurable by standard equipment

Much of these results have been previously observed in exotic silver compounds. Any further investigation should be made with access to equipment capable of observing aether directly, as rare and expensive as they may be, since extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.