‘Perfect’ Liquid Hot Enough to be Quark Soup; Protons, neutrons melt to produce ‘quark-gluon plasma’ at RHIC

This seems to be an amazing story about scientists having created a new form of matter.

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“This research offers significant insight into the fundamental structure of matter and the early universe, highlighting the merits of long-term investment in large-scale, basic research programs at our national laboratories,” said Dr. William F. Brinkman, Director of the DOE Office of Science. “I commend the careful approach RHIC scientists have used to gather detailed evidence for their claim of creating a truly remarkable new form of matter.”

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