A team of physicists from Hamburg University has made a breakthrough in the field of quantum physics by observing a rare state of matter that was predicted by Japanese theorists more than half a century ago.
The state, known as the Machida-Shibata state, involves the pairing of electrons in an artificial atom on the surface of a superconductor. The discovery, published in the journal Nature, could have implications for the development of nanostructured electronic devices and quantum computers.
Not to expose myself as the person who only understands some of these words, but:
Machida expressed his gratitude for “discovering” his old paper and verifying it experimentally after 50 years.
That’s kind of cool. The guy is likely in his 70s now and got to see one of his early papers revisited and confirmed…
Yes that must have felt great!