New study suggests we might have spotted a fifth force of nature

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FIONA MACDONALD
16 AUG 2016

As far as we know, there are four fundamental forces that hold our Universe together - gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces.

But, in April last year, physicists in Hungary saw evidence of a possible fifth force of nature, one that could potentially explain some of the lingering mysteries in our Universe, such as dark matter.

Now an independent team of researchers has re-analysed the results, confirming that the anomaly seen in the data last year really could be a whole new fundamental force.

This idea is still a long way off being confirmed - as we learnt from CERN's latest announcement, sometimes promising blips in the data end up disappearing with further testing - but the study suggests that this possible new force-carrying particle is definitely worth following up on.
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more: http://www.sciencealert.com/new-study-confirms-physicists-might-have-spotted-a-fifth-force-of-nature?perpetual=yes&limitstart=1

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