In his short career, Ettore Majorana made several profound contributions. One of them, his concept of 'Majorana fermions' — particles that are their own antiparticle — is finding ever wider relevance in modern physics.
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Wilczek, F. Majorana returns. Nature Phys 5, 614–618 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys1380
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