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Posted on 11/19/2014 6:22:18 AM PST by WhiskeyX
Scientists at the world's largest smasher said Wednesday they have discovered two new subatomic particles never seen before that could widen our understanding of the universe.
An experiment using the European Organization for Nuclear Research's Large Hadron Collider found the new particles, which were predicted to exist, and are both baryons made from three quarks bound together by a strong force.
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My pleasure!
Amen, brother!
We should fund all this stuff, keep searching for the why’s and wherefore’s (yes, I know ‘apostrophes don’t denote a plural, but it looks good here!) and amazing things will spring forth, as they always have.
I still look back in sorrow at the idiotic decision to defund the Texas super-collidor.
Ed
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