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The team made the discovery by cooling solid helium to an extremely low temperature and oscillating the material at different speeds. They found that the particles behaved in a way not seen before, which suggested it might show the "perpetual flow" seen in superfluids like liquid helium.
Major Physics Breakthrough In Understanding Supersolidity

1 posted on 01/03/2008 10:17:55 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: AdmSmith

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=matter

Probable Discovery of a New, Supersolid, Phase of Matter
Penn State Univ | 14 jan 2004 | pressrelease
Posted on 01/14/2004 3:29:21 PM EST by AdmSmith
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1057945/posts


2 posted on 01/03/2008 10:18:32 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________Profile updated Sunday, December 30, 2007)
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3 posted on 01/03/2008 10:18:55 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________Profile updated Sunday, December 30, 2007)
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To: SunkenCiv
Dr. Beamish

Oh, not THIS guy...

4 posted on 01/03/2008 10:28:07 AM PST by mikrofon (Science BUMP)
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To: SunkenCiv

This guy needed the supersolidity breakthrough a bit earlier (one of the funniest youtubes evah!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9DoJAnB9Nk


7 posted on 01/03/2008 11:08:37 AM PST by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Is this a microrealm example of the force causing the macrorealm to accelerate expansion?


10 posted on 01/03/2008 12:13:06 PM PST by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Is this a microrealm example of the force causing the macrorealm to accelerate expansion?


11 posted on 01/03/2008 12:13:10 PM PST by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: Hyzenthlay

ping


13 posted on 01/03/2008 8:14:57 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Hyzenthlay

ping


14 posted on 01/03/2008 8:18:15 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Hyzenthlay

ping


15 posted on 01/03/2008 8:18:24 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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