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‘Impossible’ particles may actually be real, according to these findings

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Researchers at Rice University have revived interest in the existence of 'impossible particles' Known as paraparticles, a theoretical group of particles introduced in the 1950s by British physicist Herbert Green .

Unlike the familiar fermions (like electrons) and bosons (photons) paraparticles follow a different set of quantum rules.

Despite its intriguing implications, the theory was dismissed for decades .