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In 1999, a team of Harvard physicists managed to slow a beam of light down to bicycle speed using a Bose-Einstein condensate.
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In 1999, physicist Lene Hau challenged the apparent immutability of cosmic speed by slowing a beam of light to just 61 km/h.
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Discover how helium-4, cooled near absolute zero, turns into a "superliquid" displaying macroscopic quantum phenomena and reshaping how we understand matter.
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Discover how scientists cool matter to ultra-low temperatures to reveal a universe where particles lose their individuality.
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Helium superfluidity: The quantum state that flows without resistance and climbs walls
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Scientists replicate the black hole phenomenon in the laboratory using sound waves to unveil secrets of the universe
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At temperatures near absolute zero, atoms stop being individuals and merge into a "superatom" with extraordinary quantum properties.
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Discover how scientists achieve temperatures billions of times lower than interstellar space to explore quantum mysteries.