SMRTR Science & EngineeringMay 31, 2026Scientific American

These exotic particles could break physics

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Scientists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider found growing evidence that B meson particles decay in ways that contradict the standard model of physics, with a 1-in-16,000 chance the result is random noise. This hints at undiscovered particles, like a "Z prime" or leptoquark, that could reshape our understanding of fundamental forces.

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