They then used lasers to place the atoms along the curve of an energy valley with the majority of the atoms in lower energy states. (newscientist.com)
I think it may take some period of time for the scientific community to absorb, digest, and accept the possibility of lower energy states of hydrogen. (scientificamerican.com)
It is not unusual for the program to create tens of thousands of model structures for an amino acid sequence and then identify the ones with lowest energy state. (sciencedaily.com)