Scientists in the United States used the world's first heavy ions collider to push gold kernels at a speed close to the speed of light, and to explore one of the densest forms of nuclear matter ever created in a lab. The team used a STAR detector at the Relativist Heavy ions Collider (RHIC) at the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Brooklyn National Laboratory (BNL).
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Scientists in the United States used the world's first heavy ions collider to push gold kernels at a speed close to the speed of light, and to explore one of the densest forms of nuclear matter ever created in a lab. The team used a STAR detector at the Relativist Heavy ions Collider (RHIC) at the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Brooklyn National Laboratory (BNL).