You’re familiar with the states of matter we encounter daily – such as solid, liquid, and gas – but in more exotic and extreme conditions, new states can appear, and scientists from the US and China just found one.

They’re calling it the chiral bose-liquid state, and as with every new arrangement of particles we discover, it can tell us more about the fabric and the mechanisms of the Universe around us – and in particular, at the super-small quantum scale.

  • ryan213
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    122 years ago

    So… Noisy liquid. Got it

  • @itsAsin
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    62 years ago

    chiral bose-liquid state

    i am aware of arguments against abiogenesis that insist on a “creator” because a biochemical soup cannot independently select in favor of chirality. and yet, biology is clearly selected in favor of the Levo-handed amino acids.

    it is interesting to see in the published drawing above that electrons in this state form a chiral vortex similar to the bio-skeletal aromatic ring. in this way, this newly discovered quantum structure can contribute to our understanding of abiogenesis.

    👍

      • @itsAsin
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        32 years ago

        haha you win. i am a decade out from my science degree and just tryna connect with a thought. interesting wiki article. thanks!

        have a great day!

  • @Bird_On_Biff
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    42 years ago

    I read the article, but one thing I don’t get: if this were done on a larger scale what would this state of matter look like to us? Like how similar to a liquid would it be?

    • PM_me_your_vagina_thanks
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      12 years ago

      It would look like two materials placed together, this is only talking about the flow of electrons - something you won’t be able to see at any scale.

  • @Nazayki
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    42 years ago

    that’s so cool. makes life all the more interesting and fascinating!