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The rate of progress in the field of ultracold atomic gases over the past decade has been remarkable. Ever since the first Bose-Einstein condensate was produced in rubidium-87 exactly 10 years ago this month, a string of ground-breaking results has flowed from laboratories around the world. Indeed, since the Physics World website started publishing its highlights of the year in 1997, ultracold gases have only failed to make the list once (in 2000). In recent years attention has switched to degenerate Fermi gases, which are shaping up to be just as exciting.

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