Superfluid phase spotted in molecular hydrogen for the first time
New finding confirms a prediction made more than half a century ago
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Wigner crystal appears in bilayer graphene
First direct observations made of a lattice structure consisting solely of electrons
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Giant quantum tornado behaves like a black hole in miniature
Swirling vortex in superfluid helium could let researchers study rotating curved space–times in the lab
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When Bose wrote to Einstein: the power of diverse thinking
Robert P Crease and Gino Elia celebrate the centenary of the prediction of Bose–Einstein condensation
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Superfluidity: the mysterious quantum effect that became a backbone of experimental physics
Hamish Johnston reviews Superfluid: How a Quantum Fluid Revolutionized Modern Science by John Weisend
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Coldest: how a letter to Einstein and advances in laser-cooling technology led physicists to new quantum states of matter
The road to Bose–Einstein condensates and degenerate Fermi gases was paved with ideas that shouldn’t have worked, but did, as Chad Orzel explains
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Radiant chills: the revolutionary science of laser cooling
Chad Orzel discusses the pivotal breakthroughs in the history of laser cooling
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Superfluid ‘feels’ like a heat-conducting surface enclosing an empty interior
Experiment sheds light on how superfluid helium-3 reacts to a mechanical probe
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Colder: how physicists beat the theoretical limit for laser cooling and laid the foundations for a quantum revolution
No experiment ever works better than theory says it should, but that’s exactly what happened in atomic physics in the late 1980s, as Chad Orzel describes
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Cold: how physicists learned to manipulate and move particles with laser cooling
The early history of laser cooling is a tale of three Nobel prizes and plenty of hard work, as Chad Orzel reveals
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