Superstuff: When quantum goes big

Ed Hinds

New Scientist

Cool a piece of metal or a bucket of helium to near absolute zero and, in the right conditions, you will see the metal levitating above a magnet, liquid helium flowing up the walls of its container or solids passing through each other. 'We love to observe these phenomena in the lab,' says Ed Hinds [Physics] of Imperial College, London. This weirdness is not mere entertainment, though. From these strange phenomena we can tease out all of chemistry and biology, find deliverance from our energy crisis and perhaps even unveil the ultimate nature of the universe. Welcome to the world of superstuff.

 

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