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Researchers Are Testing How Cold They Can Make Indium—It Might Result in a New State of Matter

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Researchers from Duke University cool indium to create ultracool state of matter.

They used lasers and electromagnetic forces to bring the element down to 15 millionths of one Kelvin .

Indium is softer than lead, ductile, and malleable, and can be hammered and pressed almost endlessly without breaking.

It could be used in quantum clocks, materials simulations, and Bose-Einstein condensate.

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