A superfluid that freezes? ❄️
A quantum superfluid in graphene freezes into a mysterious solid-like state.
Physicists just observed a quantum state in graphene where frictionless flow suddenly stops—possibly revealing a long-sought supersolid.
This breakthrough could reshape our understanding of quantum materials and the rules of physics itself.
In a breakthrough that challenges long-standing ideas about quantum matter, physicists have observed a superfluid freezing into a solid-like phase inside ultra-thin graphene.
The discovery, published in Nature, reveals what may be one of the clearest signs yet of a long-theorized but elusive state of matter known as a supersolid—a phase that appears to blur the line between liquid and solid in the quantum world.
