Cooling molecules down to their ground state is an ongoing challenge for atomic and molecular physicists. Further steps in this journey have recently been made, with promising implications.
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Julienne, P.S. Quo vadis now, cold molecules?. Nature Phys 14, 873–874 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-018-0260-3
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