‘Intriguing’ results from Cern challenge leading theory in physics

The LHC is the world’s largest and most powerful particle collider – it accelerates subatomic particles to almost the speed of light, before smashing them into each other.

New results from Cern have challenged the leading theory in physics. Picture: Cern/PA

Researchers in physics have announced “intriguing” results that potentially cannot be explained by the current laws of nature.

The LHCb Collaboration at Cern has found particles not behaving in the way they should according to the guiding theory of particle physics – the Standard Model.