Is ranch dressing a liquid or a solid? A physicist explains
Ranch dressing is actually a fifth state of matter known as soft matter. Soft matter can have properties of both liquids and ...
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World First: Physicists Create a Supersolid Out of Light
At first, the photons settle into a state with zero momentum, but as this state 'fills up', pairs of photons begin to spill ...
Microsoft created a whole new state of matter to make its quantum chip
Microsoft has developed the world’s first quantum computing chip called Majorana 1. The company says quantum computers are ...
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It’s the first time in history — Light transformed into a strange form of solid
Scientists have transformed light into a supersolid for the first time, unlocking new possibilities in quantum physics, ...
Light Frozen Like A Solid? Scientists Achieve Quantum Milestone
Scientists have successfully "frozen" light, demonstrating that it can exist as a supersolid—a rare state of matter combining ...
Scientists manage to freeze light, convert it into a solid: Here's how they did it
New research reveals light can behave as a supersolid, paving the way for advancements in quantum computing and optical ...
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Microsoft Says It Has Created a New State of Matter to Power Quantum Computers
Microsoft’s new “topological qubit” is not based on a solid, liquid or gas. It is another phase of matter that many experts did not think was possible. Microsoft’s new quantum chip is ...
Researchers turn light into ‘supersolid’ that flows like a fluid
Italian researchers have turned light into a quantum ‘supersolid’, an achievement which they called “pretty awesome”.
A New Supersolid Born From Light Pushes the Limits of Physics
With properties of a superfluid but with a crystalline structure, supersolids have previously only been observed in ultracold ...