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Proton-nuclei smashups yield clues about 'quark gluon plasma'

Rice University physicists probe exotic state of nuclear matter at Europe's LHC

Findings from Rice University physicists working at Europe's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are providing new insight about an exotic state of matter called the "quark-gluon plasma" that occurs when protons and neutrons melt.