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Hatsuki Otani

Hatsuki Otani

PhD Student, UBC Chemistry (at time of research)

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"We were thrilled when we first observed the strikingly clear methane spectrum in a tiny droplet of liquid hydrogen."

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Hydrogen turns superfluid, unlocking 50-year-old quantum mystery

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Lead researcher on experimental work

Scientists trapped hydrogen molecules in frozen helium droplets at nearly absolute zero and watched them flow without friction—the first direct observation of superfluidity in a molecule. When they spun a methane molecule inside clusters of 15-to-20 hydrogen molecules, it rotated forever without slowing down, confirming a 1972 prediction by Nobel laureate Vitaly Ginzburg.

Updated May 19