Ultracold atoms have successfully mimicked a fundamental quantum effect normally found in electronic circuits.

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The research was published in the journal Science ("Observation of Shapiro steps in an ultracold atomic Josephson junction"). Two superconductors separated by a wafer-thin insulating layer – that's ...