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LHC Sees Hint of High-Speed Particle Pancake

Posted November 30, 2012 10:09 AM

From New Scientist - Online news:

Purely by accident, the Higgs-boson-hunting Large Hadron Collider may have stumbled upon a rare state of matter called a colour-glass condensate

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Re: LHC Sees Hint of High-Speed Particle Pancake

11/30/2012 12:07 PM

I've had blueberries and toasted pecans in my pancakes, but never colored (or coloured, or even clear) glass in them. That sounds like a recipe for disaster. Gotta watch out for those French chefs.

(/By the way the word pecan is properly pronounced p' KAHN. Not pee can.)

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(/By the way the word pecan is properly pronounced p' KAHN. Not pee can.)


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11/30/2012 1:50 PM

Ah'm purty shoor Ah heerd Usbport pernounce it correcetly.

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