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Discoveries in Physics Research

From quarks to twistronics to dark matter, MIT is on the cutting edge of physics research.
Bose-Einstein condensation in rubidium
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This year marks 30 years since the fulfilment of a decades-old dream that redefined atomic physics: Thirty years of Bose–Einstein condensation

In 1995, two papers reported long-sought proof of an exotic state of matter — with applications in fields as diverse as quantum computing and cosmology.
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