What is Quark? All You Need to Know, Stories
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Technically a cottage cheese but closer in taste and texture to yogurt, quark is certainly Germany’s, and perhaps even the world’s, best kept dairy secret. This creamy, spoonable cheese can be eaten plain or in combination with granola, nuts, fruits, roasted vegetables—just about anything your taste buds fancy. It’s packed with protein, calcium, and vitamin A, making it a fantastic alternative to yogurt, but unless you live in Germany or certain parts of northern Europe, you’ve probably never heard it.<br/><br/>Allow us to do you the honor of introducing, and unleashing, quark in the name of dairy lovers everywhere. Spoiler alert: We’ll also tell you how to make it at home!
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Made of Quarks Versus Made of Strings
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Protons contain intrinsic charm quarks, a new study suggests
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Using Top Quarks to Probe Nature's Secrets
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Elli Quark is a spoonable German-style fresh cheese, 2016-04-06
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Charm quark - Wikipedia
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Exotic particles containing five quarks discovered at the Large Hadron Collider
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Investigating Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP)
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What Are Charm Quarks And Why Are They So Bizarre?
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A Cosmologist Explains How Quark Stars Form
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All about quark (the food, that is)
Used Book in Good Condition
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The Hunting of the Quark: A True Story of Modern Physics (Touchstone Book)
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What is Quark? All You Need to Know, Stories
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Study of quark speeds finds a solution for a 35-year physics mystery, MIT News
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Quarks break free at two trillion degrees – Physics World