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Rotating molecules as quantum magnets

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The push to engineer and probe quantum many-body systems using ultracold gases has reached a milestone with the observation of controlled dynamics caused by interactions between distant molecules trapped in a lattice. See Letter p.521

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Figure 1: Trapped in a lattice.

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