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Ice-Bound Laboratories and Going Beyond Absolute Zero

Posted January 07, 2013 10:58 AM

From Gawker:

It was a very good week for very cold things. Absolute zero - theoretically, the lowest possible temperature - just became a little less sure of itself, the smug thing. Physicists in Germany believe that they have created an ultracooled gas that goes "beyond absolute zero" into negative Kelvin temperatures.

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01/07/2013 11:29 PM

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The piece itself is an absolute zero, but read the comments which follow. Bog almighty!

Whomever posted this, thank you!

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01/08/2013 3:45 AM

That's really cool. Thanks.

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LOL. Good one!
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01/08/2013 7:37 AM

Having though about it, doesn't that actually mean that the concept of absolute zero may have shifted to a different point on the temperature scale as, by definition, absolute zero is exactly what it says on the tin?

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01/08/2013 2:13 PM

Well, that's what it says on the kilogram standard.

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