The growing demands of quantum materials, engineering and technology make access to microkelvin temperatures ever more essential. Experience in Europe suggests that new working methods, encouraged by an imaginative funding atmosphere, can accelerate progress in this frontier field.
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Pickett, G., Enss, C. The European Microkelvin Platform. Nat Rev Mater 3, 18012 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/natrevmats.2018.12
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