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Empiricising brilliance since 1986. Vitamin Briefcase is a tumblelog by Struan McRae Spencer.

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    Fri May 9
    By placing helium in a state which most closely resembles the form it held at the beginning of the universe, scientists have created an opportunity for the gas to go through several low-energy evolutions. These defects in space-time, are represented by tiny whirlpools in the helium, which are created by the rapid expansion, and equally rapid slowing of the expansion; something that it’s believed our own universe did at the big bang and in the moments thereafter. Physicists Create Universe Smaller Than a Marble