fundamental particle

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Crucially, measurements of this decay let us study how one type of fundamental particle, a beauty quark, can transform into another, the strange quark.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

If neutrinoless double beta decay is ever observed it would indicate that the neutrino is its own antiparticle, unlike any other fundamental particle that has mass.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 22, 2023

So Pauli proposed what he described as a “desperate remedy”: a new type of small, chargeless fundamental particle that was emitted alongside the electrons and accounted for the missing energy.

From Scientific American • Jun. 15, 2022

The grand explanation physicists use to describe how the universe works may have some major new flaws to patch after a fundamental particle was found to have more mass than scientists thought.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2022

Two separate teams of physicists say they have seen traces of what could be a new fundamental particle of nature.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2015