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CERN Found a Heavier Cousin of the Proton, and It's Made of Charm

The LHCb experiment detected a new baryon with two charm quarks, the 80th particle discovered at the Large Hadron Collider and a window into nature's strongest force.

Casey Cooper·March 25, 2026 at 11:38 AM UTC

Cutaway illustration of the ITER fusion reactor with hypothetical axion particles streaming outward

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Fusion Reactors Might Accidentally Create Dark Matter

A new theoretical method shows that the ITER fusion reactor could produce detectable axion-like particles as a byproduct, offering a cheaper path to solving one of physics' biggest mysteries.

Casey Cooper·February 26, 2026

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