Wits University scientists predict the existence of a new boson

(University of the Witwatersrand) Using data from a series of experiments that led to the discovery and first exploration of the Higgs boson at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in 2012, scientists at the High Energy Physics Group of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg predict the existence of a new boson that might aid in the understanding of dark matter in the universe.