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Forces determine how particles move and behave. But so can symmetry, and exchange symmetry can be used to control the interactions of ultracold atoms. This could be a big step towards practical quantum computation.

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Figure 1: Never the twain shall meet.

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Denschlag, J. Powered by symmetry. Nature 448, 422–423 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/448422a

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