"Scientists say they have created a new form of matter
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wow, quite interesting. However, everytime i something incredibly new/interesting breakthrough in science, they always try to link it to high speed trains. 
Seems weird.
later,
epic
Seems weird.later,
epic
Not really "new". It's just a Bose-Einstein condensate that uses atoms which have "fermionic" half-integer spin vs "boson" integer spin. The problem is, fermions obey the Pauli exclusion principle, so it's hard to "condense" them. However, two fermions with half-integer spins can "pair up" (Cooper pair theory of superconductors) to act like a boson with integer spin. This is supposed to work with electrons in super conductors. It has never been observed with whole atoms.
The relation with superconductivity is that if we can create macroscopic cooper pairs in a gas, then we can study their formation and properties easier than we can study electron cooper pairs in superconducting materials.
The relation with superconductivity is that if we can create macroscopic cooper pairs in a gas, then we can study their formation and properties easier than we can study electron cooper pairs in superconducting materials.
epicstruggle said:wow, quite interesting. However, everytime i something incredibly new/interesting breakthrough in science, they always try to link it to high speed trains.
later,
epic
So true... Well, better than new kind of weapons...Are we simply sims in a perverse game of railroad tycoon?
RussSchultz said:
Errrmmm... Where have you been in the last 20 years? I thought it was common knowledge nowadays....
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