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First tetratomic supermolecules realized at nanokelvin temperatures

phys.org First tetratomic supermolecules realized at nanokelvin temperatures

A team of experimentalists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) and theorists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has succeeded for the first time in populating and stabilizing a new type of molecule, so-called field-linked tetratomic molecules. These "supermolecules" are so frag...

First tetratomic supermolecules realized at nanokelvin temperatures

I'm mostly sharing this because I just love how the title is a jumble of words to me lol

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  • the title is a jumble of words to me

    I think it's science since the Max Planck Institute is involved, but I'm not sure and at this point I'm too afraid of ridicule to admit it.

  • So, from what I can gather from the word soup here, what this is is basically molecules made of smaller polar molecules like water. They were theorized to exist for a while but we've now been able to make them for the first time.

    As for what the significance is, well... in the immortal words of Dr. Daniel Jackson from Stargate SG-1... "It's fascinating".