The ‘Weirdest’ Matter, Made of Partial Particles, Defies Description

Your desk is made up of individual, distinct atoms, but from far away its surface appears smooth. This simple idea is at the core of all our models of the physical world. We can describe what’s happening overall without getting bogged down in the complicated interactions between every atom and electron. So when a new theoretical state of matter was discovered whose microscopic features stubbornly…

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