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After 85-year search, massless particle with promise for next-generation electronics found
An international team led by Princeton University scientists has discovered Weyl fermions, an elusive massless particle theorized 85 years ago. The particle could give rise to faster and more efficient electronics because of its unusual ability to behave as matter and antimatter inside a crystal, according to new research.
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Long-sought phenomenon finally detected
Weyl points, first predicted in 1929, observed for the first time.
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This is cool stuff. Usually particle physics has applications due to its detectors (for medical imagining), or its accelerators (for medical treatment of cancers) but never for its theoretical properties alone. In this case, it's the particle itself that is the application.