Physicists capture the first sounds of heat ‘sloshing’ in a superfluid

Physicists capture the first sounds of heat ‘sloshing’ in a superfluid

In most materials, heat prefers to scatter. If left alone, a hotspot will gradually fade as it warms its surroundings. But in rare states of matter, heat can behave as a wave, moving back and forth somewhat like a sound wave that bounces from one end of a room to the other. In fact, this … Read more