An electron's charge is normally fixed, like a coin you can't break into pieces. But if electrons are cooled close to absolute zero and trapped in a two-dimensional layer under a powerful magnetic field, they organize into a collective state of "quasiparticles" that seem to hold only a fraction ...

Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-rare-quantum-state-reveals-particles.html)

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