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When a laser shines on an atom to trigger the release of a photon, the process can also produce extra, unwanted photons.

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When laser light travels through a cavity filled with atoms, this synchronization, known as coherence, can be disrupted.

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In the atomic version of the experiment, the moving laser barrier played the same role, allowing the team to closely mimic the behavior of electronic junctions using atoms instead.

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Even compared with closely related compounds, it proved far more challenging to synthesize, despite differing by only a couple of atoms.

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"We can see gases come off the comet, and water molecules break apart into hydrogen and oxygen atoms."

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