Scientists have created a new type of matter:
Scientists have created a new form of matter saying it could provide a new way to generate electricity.
The fermionic condensate is a cloud of cold potassium atoms forced into a state where they behave strangely.
The new matter is the sixth known form of matter after solids, liquids, gasses, plasma and a Bose-Einstein condensate, created only in 1995.
“What we’ve done is create this new exotic form of matter,” says Deborah Jin of the University of Colorado.
Sounds wicked cool. I’d love to see what types of electricity generating technology comes out of it. But I have to admit, I’d never heard of the Bose-Einstein condensate before. Anyone out there know what it is?
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January 29th, 2004 at 3:45 pm
Bose-Einstein condensates are basically a gas that is cooled to near zero, but with a low density so it doesn’t turn to liquid. The reason people flip over them is that they exibit quantum behavior at a macro (i.e. visible to humans) level.
http://th-physik.uibk.ac.at/qo/bec.html
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