Scientists create a supersolid quantum state at room temperature

Scientists create a supersolid quantum state at room temperature

Scientists create a supersolid quantum state at room temperature

Researchers from Poland, Switzerland and France have observed a supersolid, a rare state of matter that flows without resistance like a superfluid while also forming a regular, crystal-like pattern. Unlike earlier examples, which needed temperatures close to absolute zero, this one was made at room temperature using hybrid particles of light and matter inside a tiny optical cavity. The work, published in Science Advances, could make future quantum devices easier to build.

Researchers from Poland, Switzerland and France have observed a supersolid, a rare state of matter that flows without resistance like a superfluid while also forming a regular, crystal-like pattern. Unlike earlier examples, which needed temperatures close to absolute zero, this one was made at room temperature using hybrid particles of light and matter inside a tiny optical cavity. The work, published in Science Advances, could make future quantum devices easier to build.

Researchers from Poland, Switzerland and France have observed a supersolid, a rare state of matter that flows without resistance like a superfluid while also forming a regular, crystal-like pattern. Unlike earlier examples, which needed temperatures close to absolute zero, this one was made at room temperature using hybrid particles of light and matter inside a tiny optical cavity. The work, published in Science Advances, could make future quantum devices easier to build.