Chinese particle collider takes scientists one step closer to figuring out the world


Scientists will be able to better understand how quarks – the tiny building blocks of matter – bind together to form the world around us, thanks to a never-before-seen particle spotted by a detector in China.

The so-called Y(4500), created by smashing electrons and their antiparticles – or positrons – together at speeds close to that of light.

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