Today's Tech News: Notable or Not?

https://phys.org/news/2026-01-breakthrough-laser-technique-quantum-stable.html "atoms wave-like at quantum level dispersing over time, overcome stabilizing (for nearly half second) solitons within lattice using attractive forces using cesium atoms cooled to near absolute zero (Bose-Einstein condensate)... magnetic fields tune attraction between atoms: too weak and atoms disperse, too strong and cluster collapses... 2 types of stable atoms' structure: concentrated at single point on grid/ distributed across multiple sites while still behaving as a unified soliton... quantum sensing/ transport"

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251024041822.htm "laser pulses coherently excite pairs of magnons (quanta of spin waves/ collective magnetic vibrations) within crystal... tested on haematite (iron ore), a common, naturally grown crystal, eliminating the need for rare or exotic materials... fast data transmission/ storage at THz speeds without the heat build-up that slows down current systems... exhibited room-temperature quantum effects, such as producing light-induced Bose-Einstein condensates of high-energy magnons, which typically only occur near absolute zero"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1087130 "6 thin lasers pin cloud of 10s of 1,000s rubidium atoms in place at few billionths degree above absolute zero forming Bose-Einstein Condensate, next, jiggle atoms using laser light so each atom superpositions so simultaneously in 2 places at once. each part following different path... when parts nap back together form unique pattern indicating acceleration experienced, based on multi-step laser adjustments guided by machine learning... precise navigation of vehicles such as cars, submarines, spacecraft"

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-many-body-chemical-reactions-quantum-degenerate.html "coherent, collective reactions between Bose-condensed atoms and molecules when reactants and products prepared single quantum state... Bose condensed cesium atom strongly electropositive alkaline used to develop atomic clocks and quantum technologies... super chemical reactions in condensate caesium atoms initially rapidly formed molecules oscillating different speeds... higher density oscillate faster, Bosonic reaction enhancement... precision metrology, quantum information and quantum control chemical reactions" Related: Long-lived quantum state points the way to solving a mystery in radioactive nuclei https://phys.org/news/2023-08-long-lived-quantum-state-mystery-radioactive.html The race to build the world's smallest atomic clock, again https://phys.org/news/2023-08-world-smallest-atomic-clock.html Manipulating nonlinear exciton polaritons in a WS2 monolayer with artificial lattices ht...

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-physicists-atom-laser.html "creating continuous Bose-Einstein Condensate... spread the cooling steps not over time, but in space: we make the atoms move while they progress through consecutive cooling steps. In the end, ultracold atoms arrive at the heart of the experiment, where they can be used to form coherent matter waves in a BEC. But while these atoms are being used, new atoms are already on their way to replenish the BEC. In this way we can keep the process going—essentially forever" Related: Towards Bose–Einstein Condensate with laser-cooled molecules https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1092849

https://interestingengineering.com/finding-liquid-light-at-room-temperature "superfluidity can also occur at room temperature, under ambient conditions, using light-matter particles called polaritons... the photons interact with electron-hole pairs, called excitons, in a semiconductor. These excitons impose a dipole moment, which is combined with the dipole of the EM field, and couples strongly the excitons and the photons. The final result is a polariton, considered a quasiparticle, composed of half-light and half matter. It behaves as a Bose-Einstein condensate [BEC]" Related: New method to measure spin waves brings us one step closer to spin superfluidity https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2021/12/surfing-spin-wave From supersolid to microemulsion: Exploring spin-orbit coupled Bose-Einstein condensates https://phys.org/news/2023-11-supersolid-microemulsion-exploring-spin-orbit-coupled.html Scientists create a new form of light matter in a quasicrystal https://phys.org/news/...