Word: liquiding
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...areas of research such as condensed matter and quantum physics, certain phenomena can only be realized and controlled at low temperatures, making liquid helium—one of the simplest means of cooling a specimen—a precious commodity...
...It’s really a lifeline,” said physics professor Amir Yacoby. “If you run out of liquid helium your experiment warms up and when this happens it could set you back months...
...Currently, researchers who use liquid helium must buy it from external suppliers, which has become problematic due to erratic suppliers as well as the element’s steadily rising costs, Yacoby said...
...fall largely on the shoulders of one man, does it have to be a guy in an ill-fitting suit who has a reputation for occasionally putting his foot in his mouth? The one who speaks in a disembodied patter while his nail-bitten fingers fiddle with his constant liquid sidekick, a can of Diet Coke? And then, just when you begin to ask yourself these questions, Summers starts speaking with an almost poetic clarity, in those perfectly formed sentences that have made him an in-house economist for three of the past five Presidents. "Any study of history reveals...
Where do you think the Dow will be at the end of 2009? It wouldn't surprise me to see it up 5% or 10%. It kind of depends on the steps the government takes. We've got to keep the financial system liquid. It's gotten into people's heads just how serious this is, so I think they'll do what they need...