Devices known as magneto-optical traps have long been used to cool and confine atoms, but not molecules — until now. This new ability should enable many studies and applications of the physics of ultracold molecules. See Letter p.286
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Ferlaino, F. Complexity trapped by simplicity. Nature 512, 261–262 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/512261a
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