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Matthew Buckley, a theoretical physicist, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Rutgers.
The resolution of a tantalizing hint of new physics discovered last year.
The history of false alarms leading up to the final discovery.
An inside look at the most powerful particle accelerator in the world.
Second in our series on new experiments at CERN.
Are we on the verge of unsettling our most basic theory of the physical world?
An eight-part series on the frontiers of contemporary particle physics.
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