New unanticipated particle possibly discovered

[WereKitten]

Mr Khan said:

KungKras said:

Mr Khan said:

I'm more intrigued by the fact that they might be leaning towards the idea that Electrons can be changed into something with mass (very negligible mass, but still...), though that was something they came up with a few months ago, iirc.

But.... doesn't the electron already have mass, and thus it is something with mass? I remember doing an experiment from which you could calculate how much an individual electron weighs during high school.

Maybe it was photons. I forget

Maybe you're thinking of neutrinos? Only a few years ago the mass of neutrinos was a debated concept in the realm of unproven possibilities.

Nowadays neutrino oscillations suggest they have actually mass and change their leptonic flavour over long distances.