Boson
A boson is a class of particle which was read out on a starship's sensor readings of subspace particle emissions.

Bosons were among the particles listed in the computer's sub-space emission scan read out on the bridge station viewscreens of . ( video playback set artwork)

Nanopolymers might be enriched with bosons, rendering them brown and sticky. ()

Some varieties of bosons include:
 photons
 Z-particles
 liquid helium

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Particles

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