GENEVA The physics lab that’s home to the world’s largest atom smasher announced on Tuesday

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The observation of three new “exotic particles” that could provide clues about the force that binds subatomic particles together.

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The observation of a new type of pentaquark and the first duo of tetraquarks at CERN

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The Geneva-area home to the Large Hadron Collider, offers a new angle to assess the “strong force”

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Most exotic hadrons, which are subatomic particles, are made up of two or three elemental particles known as quarks

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The strong force is one of four forces known in the universe, along with the “weak force”

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Which applies to the decay of particles — as well as the electromagnetic force and gravity.

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The announcement comes amid a flurry of activity this week at CERN: Also Tuesday

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The LHC’s underground ring of superconducting magnets that propel infinitesimal particles along a 27-kilometer

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Data from the collisions is snapped up by high-tech detectors along the circular path.

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