{
  "id": 20208323,
  "title": "Tangled quantum whirlpools caught unraveling in an ultracold gas",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/tangled-quantum-whirlpools-caught-unraveling-in-an-ultracold-gas",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-15T16:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-11-tangled-quantum-whirlpools-caught-unraveling.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "When a cloud of atoms is cooled close to absolute zero, its atoms can merge into a Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC): an exotic fluid in which atoms across the whole cloud share a single quantum state. Current theories predict that as a disordered quantum gas settles into this ordered state, a tangle of tiny vortices should form and gradually unravel.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}