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Each collision recreates conditions not seen since microseconds after the Big Bang—a testbed for theories about how matter itself is built.
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Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
The winner is the person who can hold on to this trajectory the longest, ideally cashing out in the microsecond before the randomized formula shoots the line perilously downward.
—Jasper Craven, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
They must be accelerated and collided mere microseconds after they’re created.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2026
The key was using extremely powerful ultrasound to produce negative pressure of more than 20 megapascals, delivered in short bursts measured in microseconds—but separated by relatively long gaps, between a millisecond and a full second long.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2025
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Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
The winner is the person who can hold on to this trajectory the longest, ideally cashing out in the microsecond before the randomized formula shoots the line perilously downward.
—Jasper Craven, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
They must be accelerated and collided mere microseconds after they’re created.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2026
The key was using extremely powerful ultrasound to produce negative pressure of more than 20 megapascals, delivered in short bursts measured in microseconds—but separated by relatively long gaps, between a millisecond and a full second long.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2025
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“Microsecond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microsecond. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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microsecond
noun
mi·cro·sec·ond
ˌmī-krō-ˈsek-ənd 
-ənt
: one millionth of a second
Medical Definition
microsecond
noun
mi·cro·sec·ond
ˈmī-krō-ˌsek-ənd, -ənt
: one millionth of a second
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