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Scientists at Fermilab close in on fifth force of nature (www.bbc.com)

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Physicists believe that an unknown force could be acting on sub-atomic particles known as muons.

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[–] Midnitte@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Don't understand any of it, but really cool. Certainly interesting that Fermilab has made the observations and seem to be ahead of CERN/LHC.

[–] 1ird@notyour.rodeo 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I don't believe these kind of tests are done at CERN. I could be wrong but I think FermiLab specializes in some kind of muon study.

Either way, I imagine it just takes a really long time to gather data.

[–] Midnitte@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

The LHC does have a team competition with them, but you might be right about the specialization.

That said, a rival team at Europe's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are hoping to get there first.

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