What are Superfluids and Why Are They Important?

Can you imagine a cup of tea that doesn’t obey the laws of physics? One that pours out of the bottom of your cup while crawling up the sides to the top? Join Hank Green for a fun new SciShow super episode all about superfluids!

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Sources:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-00417-7


https://arxiv.org/pdf/1404.1284.pdf

https://www.britannica.com/science/superfluidity
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/superfluid-can-climb-walls/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/superfluid-spacetime-relativity-quantum-physics/

Neutron star has superfluid core

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1972/summary/
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1996/summary/
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2003/summary/
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.28.885
https://singularityhub.com/2018/05/13/the-search-for-high-temperature-superconductors/#sm.0000yqn2px18wpdw0q7297ub65y0m