Read article: Machine learning takes hassle out of cold-atom experiments Ultracold matter Research update Machine learning takes hassle out of cold-atom experiments Reinforcement learning can make cooling apparatus more robust
Read article: Entangled molecules make a novel qubit platform Quantum computing Research update Entangled molecules make a novel qubit platform Two independent groups report a new tool for quantum science
Read article: No-heat quantum engine makes its debut Quantum mechanics Research update No-heat quantum engine makes its debut Researchers demonstrate a prototype engine powered by the quantum statistics of bosons and fermions
Read article: Antimatter does not fall up, CERN experiment reveals Gravity Research update Antimatter does not fall up, CERN experiment reveals ALPHA-g is first to observe antihydrogen in freefall
Read article: ‘Alice rings’ spotted in a Bose–Einstein condensate Ultracold matter Research update ‘Alice rings’ spotted in a Bose–Einstein condensate Laboratory experiment could shed light on cosmological questions
Read article: Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox gets a 1000-atom test Quantum mechanics Research update Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox gets a 1000-atom test New experiment brings EPR thought experiment to reality for the first time in massive, many-particle systems
Read article: Fractional quantum Hall state appears in ultracold atoms Condensed matter Research update Fractional quantum Hall state appears in ultracold atoms Strongly interacting Laughlin state had previously only been observed in condensed-matter systems and in photons
Read article: Interactions between ultracold molecules controlled by physicists Ultracold matter Research update Interactions between ultracold molecules controlled by physicists Discoveries opens new possibilities for controlling chemical reactions
Read article: New neutral-atom qubit offers advantages for quantum computing Quantum computing Research update New neutral-atom qubit offers advantages for quantum computing First demonstrations of ytterbium atoms in a quantum processor could lead to a new platform for quantum computation
Read article: Twisted light could create solitons in Bose–Einstein condensates Ultracold matter Research update Twisted light could create solitons in Bose–Einstein condensates Dipole interaction sculpts exotic state of matter
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