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Very nice paper in terms of science, but the title of the news sounds like a click bait. This is a very specific effect only happens when you having laser cooled atoms/molecules so you can manipulate their quantum states, otherwise the thermal effect will wipe everything.

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I was thinking, this is 21st century physics, leading to processes running in deep space, where cold is plentiful.

I believe this is technically a few orders of magnitude colder than space, but I like your thinking.

As we understand this technique and learn to control it better we might be able to use it at higher temperatures- Space levels.

Exciting times!

also worth noting that cooling stuff below ambient in space is much harder than on earth since you lose convection as a way to dissipate heat

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