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Largest ever gas mix caught in ultra-freeze trap

Researchers created a record-breaking gas mixture of Lithium 6 and Potassium 40 using an ultra-freeze trap, increasing the number of atoms under study to a few billion. This breakthrough will aid in simulating subatomic-scale phenomena and understanding quantum mechanical effects in neutron stars.

SourceSpringer·JournalThe European Physical Journal D·DateDec 13, 2011

Quantum fractals at the border of magnetism

Physicists at Rice University report a simple scaling behavior in electronic excitations of a related material, providing direct evidence of large-scale electronic consequences of quantum critical effects. The study reveals that variables from classical physics cannot explain all observed macroscopic properties at quantum critical points.

SourceRice University·JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·DateJul 28, 2010

Physicists discover how fundamental particles lose track of quantum mechanical properties

Researchers at the University of California - Santa Barbara and Ames Laboratory have discovered how fundamental particles in matter lose their quantum mechanical properties through interactions with their environment. This finding is key to unraveling how the classical world emerges from interacting quantum particles in matter.