2021 was a big year for physics: We finally peeked beyond the Standard Model
2021 was a big year for physics: We finally peeked beyond the Standard Model Could we have a more complete theory of the universe? Filling holes in Standard Model In 1897, J.J. Thomson discovered the first fundamental particle, the electron, using nothing more thanglass vacuum tubes and wires. More than 100 years later, physicists are still discovering new pieces of the Standard Model. The Standard Modelis apredictive frameworkthat does two things....