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ground zero
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absolute zero
absolute zero the zero point of the ideal gas temperature scale, denoted by 0 degrees on the Kelvin and Rankine temperature scales, which is equivalent to -273.15°C and -459.67°F. For most gases there is a linear relationship between temperature and pressure (see gas laws ), i.e.,... Read more |
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zero
zero that number which, when added to any number, leaves the latter unchanged; its symbol is 0. The introduction of zero into the decimal system was the most significant achievement in the development of a number system in which calculation with large numbers was feasible. Without it, modern... Read more |
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superfluidity
superfluidity tendency of liquid helium below a temperature of 2.19°K to flow freely, even upward, with little apparent friction. Helium becomes a liquid when it is cooled to 4.2°K. Special methods are needed to cool a substance below this temperature, which is very near absolute zero (see ... Read more |
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superconductivity
superconductivity abnormally high electrical conductivity of certain substances. The phenomenon was discovered in 1911 by Kamerlingh Onnes, who found that the resistance of mercury dropped suddenly to zero at a temperature of about 4.2°K. For the next 75 years there followed a rather steady... Read more |
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zero-age main sequence
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Walther Hermann Nernst
Walther Hermann Nernst , 1864-1941, German physicist and chemist, a founder of modern physical chemistry. After doing outstanding research on osmotic pressure and electrochemistry, he turned to thermodynamics , establishing in 1906 a new tenet (often called the third law of thermodynamics) that... Read more |
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Zero Mostel
Zero Mostel , 1915-77, American actor, b. New York City as Samuel Joel Mostel. Mostel made his Broadway debut in Keep 'Em Laughing (1942). A comic actor with an expressive face, he combined a large paunch with acrobatic grace. His major stage appearances include Ulysses in Nighttown (1958 and... Read more |
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Sir James Dewar
Sir James Dewar , 1842-1923, British chemist and physicist, b. Scotland. He was professor of chemistry (from 1877) at the Royal Institution, London, and later was director of the Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory there. He is best known for his work on the properties of matter at very low... Read more |
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Zero Corp
Zero Corporation 500 West 200 NorthNorth Salt Lake, Utah 84054U.S.A.Telephone: (801) 298-5900Toll Free: (800) 500-ZEROFax: (801) 299-7389Web site: http://www.zerocorp.com Private Company Incorporated: 1952 as Zierold Sheet Metal Co.Employees: 300Sales: $25 million (2005 est.)NAIC: 326199 All... Read more |
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Oddball State of Matter Detected; Headphones Prove Key in Hunt for...
...degree above absolute zero -- the temperature...that currents of matter were oscillating...that transpire near absolute zero, the theoretical...when helium is cooled near ... |
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Electrons with drag; a newly discovered class of intermetallic compounds with...
...DRAG Condensed-matter physicists have...is a seemingly new kind of superconductivity...substances as they are cooled toward absolute zero, and its onset...technical terms those near the Fermi level...normal down to ... |
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Creation of new type of matter could revolutionize technology.(The Dallas...
...seen kind of matter in a Colorado...could lead to newer and dramatically...gaseous atoms cooled to near absolute zero, into the solid...particles in the new condensate do...above absolute ... |
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Physicists find new state of matter. (Patterned Liquids).(Bose-Einstein...
...have demonstrated a new state of matter, which they are calling...this] state opens many new perspectives in quantum...condensates (BECs) -- gases cooled to near absolute zero, at which point the...that may ... |
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RESEARCH QUESTIONS REALITY OF 'SUPERSOLID' IN HELIUM-4 ALTERNATIVE...
LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico -- The...exotic phase of matter dubbed a "supersolid" when cooled to extremely low...same time when cooled to near Absolute Zero. Helium-4 is...balloons. When cooled to ... |
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Virtual light: new microscopes. (scanning near-field optical microscopes)...
...more mundane matters. Theories...workings of a new kind of microscope...The scanning near-field optical...The theory of near-field optics...predict something new. At a recent...sluggish -cooled to a hair's- breadth above ... |
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NIST/University of Colorado Scientists Create New Form of Matter: a Fermionic...
...novel form of matter. Physicists...materials." The new work complements...blocks of matter - are inherently...state where matter shows no resistance...atoms was cooled to temperatures...Celsius above absolute ... |
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New State of Matter Heralded as Physics' `Holy Grail'
...completely new state of matter that differs...degree above absolute zero, the point...describes how matter behaves on...time. To make matters worse, the...But for atoms cooled so deeply that...and thus ... |
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Tiny fridge, huge cooling potential: quantum method could chill a particle...
...rooms much longer. A new study proposes a way to...capable of cooling to near absolute zero. The study, to appear...in a hot bath and one near room temperature, make...qubit is the object to be cooled. Because these qubits... |
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NIST: NIST/CU scientists first to observe new qu quantum gas.
...to observe new quantum gas...a state of matter in which atoms...group at JILA cooled a gas of potassium...JILA group cooled atoms that...confinement, they cooled about a million...temperatures near 300 nanokelvin...degree ... |
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