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The absolutely coolest thermometer

News: Scientific Instruments    December 9, 2009
There’s nothing colder than absolute zero. In various scales that’s (in degrees): 0 Kelvin, -273.15 Celsius, -459.57 Fahrenheit. It’s so cold that the rest of the universe would have to reach that temperature to attain it, which is called absolute entropy, or the death of everything. So it’s not even theoretically possible to reach absolute [...]
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Quantum gas microscope sees quirks

News: Scientific Instruments    November 7, 2009
Continuing the recent spate of announcements concerning new scientific instruments, researchers at Harvard University have developed a quantum gas microscope that can glimpse into the quantum mechanics world, for example the behavior of supercold rubidium atoms. The what, you say? Well, rubidium is one of the more esoteric elements (Rb – atomic number 37) that [...]
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