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A new method uses helium droplets combined with ultrashort laser pulses to trigger chemical reactions in a controlled way.

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Muonic helium-3 is a special form of helium in which the atom's two electrons are replaced by a single, much heavier muon. Yesterday, the results have been published in the journal Science.

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