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Knotted energy fields may explain the universe's matter dominance



Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 23, 2025
A 19th-century hypothesis dismissed for decades is now illuminating one of physics' most perplexing mysteries: why our universe is made primarily of matter rather than antimatter. Researchers in Japan have proposed that knotted energy fields, or "cosmic knots", arising naturally in an expanded particle physics model, may have briefly dominated the early universe and tipped the balance in favor of matter. This theory traces back to Lord Kelvin's 1867 suggestion that atoms were knots in the aether - ... read more

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