Scientists Find Link Between Photosynthesis and 'Fifth State of Matter' - Slashdothttps://science.slashdot.org/story/23/05/09/012223/scientists-find-link-between-photosynthesis-and-fifth-state-of-matterWhen the team took a birds-eye view and modeled how multiple excitons move around, they noticed something odd. They saw patterns in the paths of the excitons that looked remarkably familiar. In fact, it looked very much like the behavior in a material that is known as a Bose-Einstein condensate, sometimes known as "the fifth state of matter." In this material, excitons can link up into the same quantum state -- kind of like a set of bells all ringing perfectly in tune.