MIT physicists discover electrons rebuilding like ice inside a quantum material

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MIT physicists found that two electronic phases inside the same quantum material emerge through surprisingly different mechanisms—one smoothly and the other in expanding pockets resembling growing ice crystals. The discovery could help explain how exotic properties such as superconductivity and magnetism develop and coexist.

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01MIT physicists found that two electronic phases inside the same quantum material emerge through surprisingly different mechanisms—one smoothly and the other in expanding pockets resembling growing ice crystals.
02The discovery could help explain how exotic properties such as superconductivity and magnetism develop and coexist.

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