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Rotating molecules as quantum magnets

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The push to engineer and probe quantum many-body systems using ultracold gases has reached a milestone with the observation of controlled dynamics caused by interactions between distant molecules trapped in a lattice. See Letter p.521

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Figure 1: Trapped in a lattice.

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  1. *This article and the paper under discussion2 were published online on 18 September 2013.

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Daley, A. Rotating molecules as quantum magnets. Nature 501, 497–498 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12560

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