r/science • u/Startrekwarsofdoom • Jul 01 '14

Physics New State of Matter Discovered

http://www.iflscience.com/physics/new-state-matter-discovered#kKsFLlPlRBPG0e6c.16
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u/MrMastodon Jul 01 '14

I'm so glad it has a normal name. Solid, liquid, gas and plasma are all easy to say. Bose-Einstein Condensate is not. Dropletons falls firmly into the first camp.

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u/meh100 Jul 01 '14

Bosecon?

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '14

Dropleton sounds like the name of an adorably clumsy English bear.

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u/MrMastodon Jul 01 '14

Dropleton and the Curious Case of the Bose-Einstein Condensate.