{
  "id": 369434,
  "title": "Matter of pure force: US, Israeli physicists hail China’s glueball discovery as ‘triumph’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/matter-of-pure-force-us-israeli-physicists-hail-chinas-glueball-369434",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-09T10:05:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3363444/matter-pure-force-us-israeli-physicists-hail-chinas-glueball-discovery-triumph"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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. The announcement was made last week at the International Conference on High…",
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Matter of pure force: US, Israeli physicists hail China’s glueball discovery as ‘triumph’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/matter-of-pure-force-us-israeli-physicists-hail-chinas-glueball",
        "published": "2026-08-09T10:05:54.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}