Large Hadron Collider to restart and hunt for a fifth force of nature

Latest run is expected to scrutinise findings from last year that may turn into another blockbuster discovery

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will restart on Friday after a three-year hiatus and is expected to resolve a scientific cliffhanger on whether a mysterious anomaly could point to the existence of a fifth fundamental force of nature.

The tantalising findings reported last year have reignited hopes that the 20 mile-long collider could deliver a second blockbuster discovery, more than a decade after the Higgs boson.