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Q40 (CAPF/2012) Science & Technology › Basic Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) › Basic Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology)

In the recent past, a fundamental particle has been claimed to be experimentally observed, at a European Laboratory in Geneva, to travel at a speed greater than that of light in vacuum. The name of the particle is

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