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UW researchers find electrons uniting into entities with fractions of electric charge without a magnetic field

Despite 127 years of being studied, electrons are still surprising researchers. A UW-led team including NanoES members Matthew Yankowitz and Xiaodong Xu, found electrons behaving like quasiparticles with a fractional charge in a unique setup, a first without a magnetic field.

Their discovery was recently featured in Quantumagazine.