Pinning down the structure of quark-gluon plasma, the universe's first fluid
November 05, 2026
November 05, 2026
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 5 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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Pinning down the structure of quark-gluon plasma, the universe's first fluid
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In the first fraction of a second following the Big Bang, matter existed as a trillion-degree plasma of quarks and gluons -- subatomic particles that zinged around at close to the speed of light. This roiling soup lasted for just a few microseconds, bef . . .
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Pinning down the structure of quark-gluon plasma, the universe's first fluid
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In the first fraction of a second following the Big Bang, matter existed as a trillion-degree plasma of quarks and gluons -- subatomic particles that zinged around at close to the speed of light. This roiling soup lasted for just a few microseconds, bef . . .