World-first: Scientists observe particles emerging from nothing
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The discovery, by scientists at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, sheds light on one of physics' key mysteries: the origin of particle mass.

Scientists at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider have observed particles emerging directly from empty space for the first time, confirming a long-standing prediction of quantum chromodynamics…The STAR collaboration’s work marks the first direct observation of vacuum-derived matter…