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  • Controversial paper published detailing potential new particle found at Fermilab

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    Monday, November 10th, 2008

    While I don’t have a theoretical physicist doctorate, the controversy swirling around this report indicates that someone found something important. Apparently, Fermilab scientists were performing a collision detection experiment when other unusual collisions were detected. What makes this strange is that these findings were not what the scientists were examining and in fact, happened in the background. Isn’t that how great scientific breakthroughs happen? Microwave and the chocolate bar, Newton and the apple?

    Past that little tid bit, my lack of scientific understanding kicks in and, rather than blocking quoting info that I don’t understand, here is the published white paper and the site we found the info on. Have it, Einstein.

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