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Physicists discover a quantum state with a new type of emergent particles: Six-flux composite fermions

If the fractional quantum Hall regime were a series of highways, these highways would have either two or four lanes.…

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Physicists capture the first sounds of heat ‘sloshing’ in a superfluid

In most materials, heat prefers to scatter. If left alone, a hotspot will gradually fade as it warms its surroundings.…

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Why physicists are rethinking the route to a theory of everything

WHAT if there were a perfect board game? Some combination of boards and pieces and rules – maybe with a…

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Physicists identify overlooked uncertainty in real-world experiments

The equations that describe physical systems often assume that measurable features of the system — temperature or chemical potential, for…

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Sphere packing: Tiny balls fit best inside a sausage, physicists confirm

Simulations show microscopic plastic balls within a cell membrane Marín-Aguilar, S., Camerin, F., van der Ham, S. et al. 2023…

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Physicists have worked out how to pour water as quietly as possible

Can you pour without making a sound? Shutterstock / lavsketch The key to pouring water very quietly from a teapot…

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Physicists have invented a new way to shake a martini

Shaking a martini glass produces beautiful whirlpools in the cocktail Xianyu (Mabel) Song/Zhao Pan Shaking a drink in a martini…

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Physicists trap electrons in a 3D crystal

Electrons move through a conducting material like commuters at the height of Manhattan rush hour. The charged particles may jostle…

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Physicists get a first glimpse of the elusive isotope nitrogen-9

Researchers may have just spotted the elusive, ephemeral nucleus of nitrogen-9 for the first time. With seven protons and two…

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Physicists demonstrate powerful physics phenomenon

In a new breakthrough, researchers have used a novel technique to confirm a previously undetected physics phenomenon that could be…

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