Amino acid extends unusual quantum state from cryogenic cold to above room temperature

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Phys.org reports that new research began with a special material that behaves unusually only when extremely cold, at minus 93 degrees Celsius, close to the coldest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica. By adding an amino acid, the team showed the unusual behaviour could be extended to well above room temperature, up to about 13 (the item's text is truncated at this point and does not specify the upper unit or scale). The work is presented as stabilizing the material's quantum state over a far wider temperature range than before. The item does not name the material, the amino acid or the journal, and gives no detail on applications. The immediate significance is that a phenomenon previously confined to laboratory cryogenics could in principle be accessed under ordinary conditions, a long-standing obstacle for quantum technologies.

Why it matters：Room-temperature stability is the central bottleneck for quantum materials and devices; progress here would affect computing, sensing and materials research alike.

Key points

  • The material's unusual behaviour appeared at minus 93 Celsius
  • An amino acid extended it to well above room temperature
  • The item does not identify the material or the upper temperature scale

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