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Unstable helium adds a limit on the ongoing saga of the proton’s size

Enlarge / The small particle accelerator in Switzerland where, surrounded by farms, the work took place. (credit: Paul Scherrer Institut) Physicists, who dedicate their lives to studying the topic, don’t actually seem to like physics very much, since they’re always hoping it’s broken. But we’ll have to forgive them; finding out that a bit of […]