20 May 2024 - bright squeezed vacuum

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Quantum optics is moving fast. Look, I'll show you. Here's a fragment of a vacuum cleaner. Now we just pop it in the diamond anvil cell and press until it glows with heat. There you have it! Bright squeezed vacuum!

clue:

"Bright squeezed vacuum" is a lovely technical term. But I think you might want to be a little more careful with your diamond anvil cell.

give me a clue so sweet and true

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