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Laser Cooling
Physics and Mathematics

Laser Cooling: How Light Slows Atoms to Near Absolute Zero

Laser cooling uses laser light to reduce atomic motion, lowering temperatures to millionths or billionths of a degree above absolute zero. It enables...

Supersolids
Physics and Mathematics

Supersolids: Where Crystals Flow Without Friction

A supersolid is a quantum state of matter that combines the rigid structure of a crystal with the frictionless flow of a superfluid.

Bosons
Physics and Mathematics

Bosons: The Particles That Carry Nature's Forces

Bosons are integer-spin subatomic particles that carry nature's forces and can occupy the same quantum state simultaneously.

Bose-Einstein Condensate Properties
Physics and Mathematics

Bose-Einstein Condensate: The Fifth State of Matter Explained

A Bose-Einstein condensate forms when bosons cool to near absolute zero and merge into one quantum state, creating a fifth state of matter...

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Bose-Einstein Condensate: Physicists Create New State of Matter From Molecules

Columbia physicists created the first Bose-Einstein condensate from molecules – a quantum state where particles merge into one entity at five nanokelvin.