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Physicists clock the fastest possible speed of sound

Scientists have discovered the fastest possible speed of sound: about 36 kilometres per second. Sound waves move at different speeds in solids, liquids and gases. Within those states of matter they travel faster in warmer liquids compared with colder ones. Physicist Kostya Trachenko of Queen

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