'Tantalizing' results of 2 experiments defy physics rulebook Results from several years of high energy particle crashes in Geneva and a particle loop outside of Chicago aren't following what the Standard Model predicts. Author: SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Published: 10:36 AM CDT April 7, 2021 Updated: 10:36 AM CDT April 7, 2021 WASHINGTON — Preliminary results from two experiments suggest something could be wrong with the basic way physicists think the universe works, a prospect that has the field of particle physics both baffled and thrilled. The tiniest particles aren’t quite doing what is expected of them when spun around two different long-running experiments in the United States and Europe. The confounding results — if proven right — reveal major problems with the rulebook physicists use to describe and understand how the universe works at the subatomic level.