The quantum realm, to the surprise of very few, remains full of surprises. Take, for instance, a type of quasiparticles called a semi-Dirac fermion, which has that absolutely wild quality of having mass in one direction and being entirely massless when turned 90 degrees. These quasiparticles are part of a growing body of highly directionalized microparticles that scientists think could help revolutionize how we build microcircuits, quantum computers, and more. The research describing the observation of these quantum oddballs appears now in the American Physical Society’s peer reviewed journal Physical Review X.
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