CERN scientists explain their research into plasma quarks

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Channel: People's Daily, China 人民日报 · 2015 · News & Politics

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Scientists smashed protons and lead atoms together at CERN near Geneva. They hoped to replicate the quark-gluon plasma from the early universe. Particles formed tiny droplets 100,000 times smaller than a hydrogen atom. These plasma droplets behaved like a 'perfect liquid', which suggests this may have been how the universe looked in the moments after the Big Bang.

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