Chilly Record! Coldest Object on Earth Created in Lab

Live Scince ^ | October 29, 2014 | Kelly Dickerson

[gusopol3]

A chunk of copper became the coldest cubic meter (35.3 cubic feet) on Earth when researchers chilled it to 6 millikelvins, or six-thousandths of a degree above absolute zero (0 Kelvin).

This is the closest a substance of this mass and volume has ever come to absolute zero. Researchers put the 880-lb. (400 kilograms) copper cube inside a container called a cryostat that is specially designed to keep items extremely cold. This is the first cryostat built that is capable of keeping substances so close to absolute zero.

[gusopol3]

I thought the article was about finding out that ValJar is actually a robot, especially when it said it was "so close to absolute Zero."

[oldtech]

I know there was some definite purpose for this. What was it? Besides the obvious that was mentioned...HaHa!

[MeshugeMikey]

this is an attempt to counteract global warming....

[NewHampshireDuo]

Then one researcher, unable to resist the urge, put his tongue on it.

[trebb]

Finally - Olympic-size swimming pools full of cold Margaritas has become feasible...

[gusopol3]

It’s cool stuff.

[mkmensinger]

Barack Obama’s heart?

[gusopol3]

hopefully no one will try to pee on it.

[mkmensinger]

“880-lb. (400 kilograms) copper cube”
Somebody’s going to steal that thing and take it to a recycler.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Hey!! Who put this one meter cube of copper in our bedroom last night?.

[samtheman]

neutrinoless double-beta decay.

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Cool.

[Drango]

Coldest ever? They haven’t met my ex wife.

[Slambat]

35.3 cubic feet, 880-lb, of copper frozen to 6 millikelvins
and not one of them thought to hit it with a hammer and
see if it would shatter. What a waste.

[Delta 21]

By definition, the cryostat (aka-refrigerator) has to get colder than the object you want to keep cold. So wouldnt the cryostat be the coldest object?

[pieceofthepuzzle]

“Then one researcher, unable to resist the urge, put his tongue on it.”

Too funny!

[TexasGator]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilution_refrigerator

[Pollster1]

Barack Obama’s heart?

A cubic meter in size, not microscopic.

[TexasGator]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilution_refrigerator

[Pollster1]

Human nature doesn't change.

[rawcatslyentist]

"not one of them thought to hit it with a hammer and see if it would shatter. What a waste."

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