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What are subatomic particles?

These are the tiny building blocks that make up everything around us, even smaller than atoms. Think protons, neutrons, and electrons. The Jefferson Lab discovery hints at new ways these fundamental particles can combine, going beyond the usual 'quark' combinations we've understood for decades, which is quite exciting for physicists.

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