Back to today’s briefing

Story perspectives

New Quantum Discovery Bridges Classical Turbulence Gap

2/26/2025

24 4

Summary

Story summary

Researchers at the University of Maryland have unveiled a groundbreaking discovery: a turbulent Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) mirrors the characteristics of classical turbulence. Through high-resolution imaging, they revealed that energy flow in the BEC adheres to Kolmogorov scaling, bridging the gap between classical and quantum fluids and deepening our understanding of energy cascades in these enigmatic quantum systems.

1 of 1

Story summary

Researchers at the University of Maryland have unveiled a groundbreaking discovery: a turbulent Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) mirrors the characteristics of classical turbulence. Through high-resolution imaging, they revealed that energy flow in the BEC adheres to Kolmogorov scaling, bridging the gap between classical and quantum fluids and deepening our understanding of energy cascades in these enigmatic quantum systems.