Anomalous measurements: recent results deepen flavour puzzle

The crown jewel of particle physics, the Standard Model (SM), has withstood numerous experimental trials. However, there are still some observations it cannot explain. Examples such as dark matter and the matter-antimatter imbalance in the Universe come to mind. The SM may be extended, by including additional particles and interactions, so as to explain such phenomena. These new particles and interactions are collectively referred to as “new physics” (NP), and the results covered by this article provide a promising lead for their discovery.