Liquid-like correlations: this plot shows the correlations between electrons and holes in a dropleton. Its structure resembles that expected of a droplet of fluid. (Courtesy: Brad Baxley) A new type ...

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An artist's conception of the dropleton. A dropleton is a new kind of quasiparticle cluster in solids. It's created by light and is dependent on the light's intensity. Scientists have discovered a new ...

Physicists can spend years seeking new particles to illuminate aspects of nature's laws, but an international team decided instead to make their own particles. Called a dropleton or quantum droplet, ...

Physicists created the new dropleton particles with fast laswer pulses.

Scientists have discovered a new quasiparticle that they've dubbed the "dropleton." Quasiparticles are a useful way to think about how real particles move through a solid. Essentially quasiparticles ...