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Ultracold matter

Ultracold matter

Bose–Einstein condensate is made onboard the International Space Station

17 Jun 2020
Cooling at CAL
Cooling at CAL: this illustration shows six finely tuned lasers used inside NASA's Cold Atom Lab to slow down atoms, lowering their temperature. This is step one in a three-step cooling process. (Courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Looking to escape the clutches of gravity for as long as possible, physicists in the US have made a

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