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Physics World

Condensate made on space station

Edwin Cartlidge

Published Aug 1, 2020• 0 citations
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Abstract

A Bose–Einstein condensate has been created on the International Space Station, which could pave the way for an accurate measurement of gravity, as Edwin Cartlidge reports
DOI
10.1088/2058-7058/33/8/5

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