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Scientists create a new state of matter at room temperature using light and nanostructures
- March 17, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have created a new and unusual state of matter—known as a supersolid—by engineering how light and matter interact inside a nanoscale device. The work, published in Nature Nanotechnology, demonstrates that this exotic quantum phase can exist at room temperature, overcoming a long-standing limitation in the field.
Originally published at Phys.org