Supersolids — substances that are crystalline but also behave as free-flowing superfluids — can exist, according to quantum theory. Models now suggest a route to the clinching experimental evidence.
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Jaksch, D. Supersolid simulations. Nature 442, 147–149 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/442147a
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