LHC restart provides tantalizing hints of a possible new particle

Scientists pore over data from amped-up proton collider, searching for the next big thing since the Higgs boson

LHC diagram

A NEW HOPE  This diagram of the CMS detector illustrates one of the proton collisions that may have produced a never-before-seen particle.

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The recently souped-up Large Hadron Collider isn’t revealing the universe’s secrets yet.