Supersolid: Scientists turn light into a solid that flows like liquid for first time

Interesting Engineering ^ | 3/05/25 | Kapil Kajal

[Libloather]

A new form of magnetizm and now this? Science stuff.

[Jamestown1630]

Photons are very weird little guys.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[Fledermaus]

Plasma conduits?

[jerod]

...supersolids exist mainly in the quantum realm

And the rain in Spain falls 'mainly' on the plain... But that's the problem. We don't exist in the quantum realm... The scientist do, but we don't.

[buwaya]

Your CPU’s do, even the ones on your phones. And you interact with them - lots of them, on the internet. That’s a lot of Quantum you’re dealing with.

[Larry Lucido]

Give me a light.

No, not a Bud Light! Give me a can of liquid light.

[sunny bonobo]

Tomorrow’s headline. “Without Any Evidence, Trump Makes Unscientific, Debunked Claim That light Can Be turned Into A Solid THat Flows Like Water.”

[BipolarBob]

I want a hammer out of this. it couldn’t weigh much, after all it’s made of light.

[Revel]

New twilight zone episode.

Welcome to a strange land. look around. Explore, But just wait until dark.

[odawg]

I once read a long piece on quantum physics. I was left wondering if I was supposed to believe that weird stuff. For example, electrons are supposed to be capable of being in two places at the same time. And when they catch you looking at them, they change form or stand still or something like that.

[imardmd1]

And your organized thought pttern exists . . . where?

[PerConPat]

As it stands, this groundbreaking research embodies a significant step into uncharted territory for understanding the fundamental building blocks of our universe.

I wonder where this "significant step" stands vis-à-vis string theory, Higgs boson etc..? Or perhaps it's just an early April 1st thingy.

[Mariner]

I’m intrigued and super skeptical too.

[SisterK]

Is that just before they morph into laser weapons capable of slicing telephone poles in half?

[rbg81]

This sounds somewhat unsettling to me. Possible basis for an end-of-the-world movie.

[dp0622]

wow

[Qwapisking]

begs the question...just how light is it?

[Jet Jaguar]

Bump

[sit-rep]

somebody be smokin’ some good sh*t...