Thank you for your interesting narrative.
Since this is a UPI story, one would think it would be aimed at a general audience not necessarily adept at handling quantum mechanics-based explanations.
I expected to read a description of the properties of this new state of matter in the real world (yes, my real world). However, I was let down to learn that this state exists only near absolute zero, since I do enjoy playing the piano- but only in comfortable climates.
Well, "near" is a relative term. We may note that molecules can exist only in a state "near" absolute zero, i.e. temperatures much less than the surface of the sun. The physicist relishes this sliding scale, which appears in all things.
This phenomenon might be similar in origin.