Scientists are always looking for the next weird and wonderful material, and they've just found it: A bosonic correlated insulator to give it its technical name, which is both a new material and, indeed, a whole new state of matter.
Using a light-based technique called pump-probe spectroscopy, the researchers created and probed the behaviors of the excitons in their system – the electrons from the tungsten disulfide and the ‘holes’ from the tungsten diselenide.
Could be made up and I wouldn’t know the difference.
It’s crazy though how they’re discovering a new material and matter state.
I’m always good with PBS SpaceTime being recommended as a spring board! It’s probably my favorite current pop-sci avenue for physics and cosmology out there
I’ll grant that it’s really hard to write a succinct title for a complex topic like this, but my first thought was “duh, everything is made of subatomic particles.”
Could be made up and I wouldn’t know the difference.
It’s crazy though how they’re discovering a new material and matter state.
Idk if this is helpful for you now, but getting acquainted with the idea of quantum quasi-particles should help make it a little more intelligible.
I linked a PBS spacetime video on this topic a couple weeks ago. Personal opinion but I found it much more accessible than the Wikipedia article.
I’m always good with PBS SpaceTime being recommended as a spring board! It’s probably my favorite current pop-sci avenue for physics and cosmology out there
I’ll grant that it’s really hard to write a succinct title for a complex topic like this, but my first thought was “duh, everything is made of subatomic particles.”