Ball lightning has been consistently reported for centuries, and yet we still know very little about it. Now, scientists at Amherst College and Aalto University have created Quantum Ball Lightning by knotting together the magnetic spins of atoms, creating a quasiparticle that could help unlock the secrets of the strange phenomenon, or even make for more stable fusion reactors.
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Category: Physics
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- Aalto University
- Atoms
- Bose-Einstein condensate
- Lightning
- Plasma
- Quantum
- Weather
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