Ever since the time of Albert Einstein and Satyendra Nath Bose and their prediction of the existence of the condensate, scientists have since been in the search thereof; that hereunto-mythical quantum ice cube referred to as the Bose -- Einstein condensate.

Now, research conducted to verify that prediction may have just paid off. Experiments conducted using super cooled rubidium atoms [this done to a temperature of +/-<10 nanokelvins (or 10 billionths of a degree above absolute zero)] have produced the first quantum ice cube.

Such a phenomenon is unique in the realm of phase transitions, which normally apply due to forces between atoms and molecules. Because such are strictly pursuant to quantum mechanics, or more specifically, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle [Which is concerned with the difficulties in knowing a particles' position in relation to its momentum].

The technique involves suspending atoms between two magnetic fields. Then using a strong radio frequency burst that causes the magnetic spin of hotter atoms to flip [thus kicking them out of the field], and leaving only the cooler ones behind. By altering the magnetic field, evaporative effects increased exponentially.

However, now that the prediction has been made reality, there is yet the need to ascertain the significance of the find. For like so many answers to question postulated, there are as many, if not more questions raised than answered.