Record Cold in Cambridge – half a billionth of a degree above absolute zero

A team of physicists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology has created the coolest thing in the world. Using a labyrinth of lasers, lenses, and magnetic fields, the scientists chilled sodium gas to the lowest temperature ever recorded, half a billionth of a degree above absolute zero.

“Sometimes your strategy is just to go for the record,” said Wolfgang Ketterle, one of the team’s leaders, a long-distance runner who compared breaking the record to when he ran a marathon in less than three hours. “Just for the heck of it — going for the record brings out the best in you.”

The guy should know. Ketterle shared a Nobel Prize in 2001 for cooling gas to a temperature so cold that its atoms entered a never-before-seen state of matter: They moved in unison instead of jumping around randomly at varying speeds as they usually do.

from the Boston Globe

This entry was posted in ESL Links. Bookmark the permalink.

2 Responses to Record Cold in Cambridge – half a billionth of a degree above absolute zero

  1. Simply, the information is truly the greatest on this worthwhile topic. I with your conclusions and willdesperately look forward to your upcoming updates. Expressing thanks will not be sufficient, for the exceptional clarity in your writing. I will immediately grab your rss feed to stay informed of any updates. Pleasant work and much success!

  2. thanks for great informations It’s a wonderful

Comments are closed.