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Surprising result found in primordial matter at atom smasher

Original: Surprising result seen in primordial matter inside atom smasher https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/surprising-re

Researchers at a particle collider have reported a surprising result in experiments involving primordial matter—the hot, dense state thought to have filled the early universe, recreated in collisions inside the machine. The finding, covered by Scientific American, is drawing attention from physicists and science readers, who are discussing what it could reveal about the fundamental behaviour of matter shortly after the Big Bang.

Why now: A new and unexpected physics result from collider experiments on early-universe matter is naturally drawing scientific and public interest.

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