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Explainer: the mysterious missing magnetic monopole

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posted on 2024-07-11, 19:30 authored by T'Mir Danger Julius
You've probably heard of the Higgs boson. This elusive particle was predicted to exist long ago and helped explain why the universe works the way it does, but it took decades for us to detect. Well, there's another elusive particle that has also been predicted by quantum physics, and it's been missing for an even longer time. In fact, we still haven't spotted one, and not through lack of trying. It's called the magnetic monopole, and it has a few unique properties that make it rather special.

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