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Co-developed the experiment and leads the science

A cloud of rubidium atoms inside China's space station has been cooled to an equivalent temperature of 9.7 picokelvins, about 9.7 trillionths of a degree above absolute zero. That is roughly four times colder than the previous record of 38 picokelvins, set by a German team in 2021.

Updated 3 days ago

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Co-institution of the Gerrothorax maritimus study

A paper published October 26 in Nature Ecology & Evolution describes a 237-million-year-old armored amphibian from Guizhou, China. Its authors say the animal grew up drinking seawater, something no living amphibian does.

Updated Nov 2