Researchers from the University of Amsterdam and the University of New South Wales have answered a question that has been around for decades: whether ions of the metal ytterbium can enter certain long-lived, nearly stable states and, if so, for how long. The measured long-lived states may find a...
Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-07-ytterbium-states-sharpen-quantum-atomic.html)