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National Institute of Optics (CNR-INO) @cnr-ino.bsky.social · Mar 24

A team of researchers in Florence observed the formation of #quantum droplet arrays in ultra-cold atom mixtures. The phenomenon is caused by surface tension, leading to the breakup of atomic filaments into droplets. Read the study, published in Physical Review Letters: bit.ly/4c1nUF1
#CNR

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LENS Quantum Gases @lensqgases.bsky.social · Mar 17

Looking for a PhD? Join us!
⏰ Application deadline is early June
Info here👉 quantumgases.lens.unifi.it/22-homepage-...

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LENS Quantum Gases @lensqgases.bsky.social · Mar 10

A fresh publication from our colleagues at #KRb team focused on the observation of #Quantum droplet in a mixture has received the Editors' Suggestion 👏

More on #KRb 👉 quantumgases.lens.unifi.it/exp/krb
Paper 👉 journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.093401

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Nicolò Antolini @nantolini.bsky.social · Mar 4

Controversial.. at best!

Nature @nature.com · Mar 4

Tired of spending countless hours on peer reviews? An AI-assisted workflow could help

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Three AI-powered steps to faster, smarter peer review

Tired of spending countless hours on peer reviews? An AI-assisted workflow could help.

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LENS Quantum Gases @lensqgases.bsky.social · Mar 4

Celebrating the International Year of Quantum Science and Technologies, #Rai featured @cnr-ino.bsky.social researchers, including our #Li team! They realized an atomic #YQST2025 logo to wish you a happy #Quantum year!

Watch the video 👉 tinyurl.com/YQSTlens

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LENS Quantum Gases @lensqgases.bsky.social · Feb 25

10 scholarships of 3000€ (50% awarded to female candidates) are available to support students willing to conduct a 6-month master's thesis internship at LENS between April and December 2025

🚩Applications by March 12, 2025, at 5:00 PM CET👉 quantumgases.lens.unifi.it/22-homepage-...

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Nicolò Antolini @nantolini.bsky.social · Feb 12

Yesterday @francescastrobino.bsky.social officially received her PhD 🎉🎉
I'm super proud of you and so glad we had this journey together ❤️

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Nicolò Antolini @nantolini.bsky.social · Feb 10

I've called it wrong my whole life!

Robert “The Bobby Yaga” McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · Feb 9

Milton Abramowitz, Stegun’s co-editor on the project, died of a heart attack in 1958. That was after the book was underway but well before it was finished. Stegun took over and saw the project through to its publication in 1964.

"Stegun and Abramowitz" is probably a more appropriate name. (3/n)

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Nicolò Antolini @nantolini.bsky.social · Feb 7

Honored to receive the NQSTI Prize for "2024 Best Publication" in #Quantum Science and Technology, alongside my former colleague G. Biagioni 🙌

In the paper we studied the Josephson effect in a #supersolid measuring its superfluid fraction!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Nicolò Antolini @nantolini.bsky.social · Feb 5

Just arrived in Rome for the NQSTI congress. Looking forward to many fruitful discussions in the broader context of the italian #quantum science ⚛️

LENS Quantum Gases @lensqgases.bsky.social · Feb 5

The second congress of the National #Quantum Science and Technology Institute (NQSTI) starting now in Rome, opening the italian #IYQ2025!

@unesco.org @cnr-ino.bsky.social

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Nicolò Antolini @nantolini.bsky.social · Feb 4

As a 0- universal donor, I’m using the time before my next routine donation to dive into European blood donation trends 🩸

Here's a bunch of data from www.centronazionalesangue.it/wp-content/u...

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Nicolò Antolini @nantolini.bsky.social · Feb 3

Thrilled to co-editing a special issue of #Atoms on #Quantum Dynamics and Ultracold Atoms ❄️⚛️🧪

We invite colleagues to submit contributions on quantum simulation, physics at ultra-low temperatures, quantum phase transitions and out-of-equilibrium dynamics, mixtures!
Info www.mdpi.com/journal/atom...

Quantum Dynamics and Ultracold Atoms

Special Issue in journal Atoms: Quantum Dynamics and Ultracold Atoms

www.mdpi.com

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LENS Quantum Gases @lensqgases.bsky.social · Feb 3

Here's a bunch of single strontium atoms trapped in tweezers! Every shot in the video shows the fluorescence of atoms with 40% single-atom occupancy, a key step toward defect-free arrays for #Quantum simulations!

More on #SrRydberg team: quantumgases.lens.unifi.it/exp/sr-rydberg

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Young Atom Opticians Conference 2025 @yao2025.bsky.social · Jan 31

🚀Big news! The #YAO2025 invited speaker lineup is now live on our website!🎉🎉 Check out the amazing researchers joining us in Innsbruck this July. Don't miss out—registration is still open! 🔗: yao.iqoqi.at
#QuantumScience #AtomOptics
@iqoqi.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social

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Nicolò Antolini @nantolini.bsky.social · Jan 29

Lanthanides are not only good for #supersolids! Very happy to have the opportunity to learn more about atomic physics with Dysprosium ⚛️🧪

LENS Quantum Gases @lensqgases.bsky.social · Jan 29

New year, new cycle of #Quantum Gases seminars!
We'll start with Igor Ferrier-Barbut from Institut d'Optique and @cnrs.bsky.social, presenting a recent work about "Collective light scattering on a chain of single atoms".

Paper 👉 arxiv.org/pdf/2412.02541

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Nature @nature.com · Jan 24

Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X

https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai

Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform

Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.

go.nature.com

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Tim Langen @timlangen.bsky.social · Jan 7

Together with Tanya Zelevinsky, Sebastian Will and Tijs Karman we are organizing a summer workshop on Cold #Molecules for Fundamental Physics and Many-Body #Quantum Science at Aspen Center For Physics.

Join us to learn about and contribute to the latest developments in this exciting field!

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LENS Quantum Gases @lensqgases.bsky.social · Jan 3

Our colleague G. Roati is organizing an ECT* workshop in the beautiful #Trento next May, together with P. Magierski, G. Wlazłowski (Warsaw University of Technology), and B. Haskell (Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center).

Info and applications 👉 tinyurl.com/nonequilibrium

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LENS Quantum Gases @lensqgases.bsky.social · Dec 31

🌟 Happy New Year from all of us! 🌟
Here’s to a year full of smiles, adventures, and mind-blowing #quantum breakthroughs! 🚀
Let’s make this year extraordinary!

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Nicolò Antolini @nantolini.bsky.social · Dec 20

Merry #quantum Christmas! 🎄❄️

LENS Quantum Gases @lensqgases.bsky.social · Dec 20

How many atoms make up a snowflake? ❄️

Our colleagues at Lithium Lab realized this animated Christmas card at the #quantum level with their unitary fermi gas (details in the replies)!
We join them in wishing everybody a nice holiday 🍾

More on #Li team: quantumgases.lens.unifi.it/exp/li

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Nicolò Antolini @nantolini.bsky.social · Dec 20

That would be fantastic!

Nicolò Antolini @nantolini.bsky.social · Dec 20

Hi! I'm a postdoc working with ultracold ⚛️
My orcid 👉 orcid.org/0000-0002-95...

Nicolò Antolini @nantolini.bsky.social · Nov 18

Hello @bsky.app! I'm a young quantum physicist working with ultracold dipolar atoms. Feel free to connect with me!

More info on my research will follow 📢
Here's a picture of our setup in Pisa, Italy, where we study the #supersolid phase of matter🔬

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Nicolò Antolini @nantolini.bsky.social · Dec 20

Let's connect! #Quantum

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Nicolò Antolini @nantolini.bsky.social · Dec 20

Nice idea! Can you add me?

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Dy Lab @dysprosiumlab.bsky.social · Dec 19

Welcome to @cnr-ino.bsky.social on 🦋!
Follow for updates on the 🇮🇹 Italian landscape of #Optics related sciences: Ultracold Matter, Quantum Simulation, Quantum Optics, Quantum Information, Metrology, Sensing, Extreme Light and Matter, Biophotonics and Heritage Science.

Website 👉 www.ino.cnr.it

CNR – Istituto Nazionale di Ottica

www.ino.cnr.it

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