MATTER OF PURE FORCE: US, ISRAELI PHYSICISTS HAIL CHINA’S GLUEBALL DISCOVERY AS ‘TRIUMPH’

The international physics community has hailed a Chinese-led discovery as a “triumph” after researchers presented the strongest evidence yet for the existence of the “glueball” – a mysterious particle made of pure force. On Chinese social media, the conversation centred on whether the research could lead to a Nobel Prize.

News - South China Morning Post reports that the international physics community has hailed a Chinese-led discovery as a “triumph” after researchers presented the strongest evidence yet for the existence of the “glueball” – a mysterious particle made of pure force.

The report adds: On Chinese social media, the conversation centred on whether the research could lead to a Nobel Prize.

The announcement was made last week at the International Conference on High Energy Physics in Natal, Brazil.

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