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Ultimately, the team hopes to determine whether knotlike structures were truly essential in creating the matter in the universe.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2025

Mainly they consist of tubular elements, made of crushed sheet metal, that resemble elongated elephant legs bound together into knotlike configurations.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2012