A cloud of ultracold atoms is like a motel with a neon “no vacancy” sign. If a guest at the motel wants to switch rooms, they’re out of luck. No vacant rooms means there’s no choice but to stay put.

Of the many possible uses for the one-atom-thick " wonder material" known as graphene, creating something so necessarily visible as a digital display seems particularly fantastical. Because graphene ...

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