First Experimental Success of a Superfluid

J writes "Researchers at Rice University have created and observed a state of quantum superfluidity. Cooled to temperatures near absolute zero, fermions overcome their natural tendency to repel one another. These half-spin particles become dominated by the Strong force and couple up in pairs that behave as one particle. Major benefits to matter in a superfluid state include superconductivity, a state where electrons would flow freely with no resistance, thus preserving the most amount of electrical charge during passage and providing the ability to save billions of dollars in 'lost electricity'. Although the conditions set for this experiment are very unlikely to be able to exist outside of a laboratory, we now know that superfluidity is a concept that can exist. Future research in this topic is assumed to be finding a material that exists in a superfluid state at room temperature."

Comments

Very confused article!

[Ancient_Hacker]

This is a very confused article!

• Superfluidity isnt new, it's been around for 50+ years.
• Superfluidity is only tangentially related to superconductivity.
• Superfluidity is not particularly useful in and of itself.
• Superfluidity among ferminons *is* new and interesting to physics geeks.

As to its applications to daiily life, well, unlikely in the short run.