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Published online 29 January 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040126-12

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Fermions chill out

New form of quantum matter unveiled.

Scientists have created a fermionic condensate1, a new form of matter that physicists believe may help them better understand superconductivity.

The University of Colorado team that made the material say the discovery should lead to new insights into quantum physics.

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