Word: liquidity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Directions. Penzias and Wilson used an extremely sensitive receiver, part of it cooled by liquid helium to eliminate most of the radio noise that is generated internally by electronic gear. They rebuilt the horn meticulously, cleaned and aligned its joints, covered its seams smoothly with aluminum tape to reduce noise coming from imperfections. They made allowance for radio waves from the earth's atmosphere. After all that, the horn continued to catch a steady radio whisper that did not vary by day or night, winter or summer. It seemed to come from all directions with equal intensity...
...survive long periods of extreme dryness and cold. Martian organisms may concentrate water vapor the way earthly plants collect small traces of carbon dioxide; they may even make their own water by chemical action. There is a possibility that they need no water at all, using some other liquid as a fluid medium...
Acting under an MDC regulation that forbids drinking in public recreational areas, the officers confiscated any liquid refreshments stronger than beer...
...William G. Cahan at Manhattan's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center involved a cancer of the tongue, 2 in. by 1¼ in., in an 84-year-old man. After only a mouthwash sort of anesthesia, Dr. Cahan froze the surface of the cancer. Later he inserted the liquid nitrogen probe deep into the tissue. In each of three required operations, the tissues were frozen and allowed to thaw. The patient complained of only a mild burning sensation that lasted a few hours after each treatment. In three weeks, the cancer shrank to the size of a small...
...break and spill some of its contents into the eyeball. Several ophthalmic surgeons are now using an especially small probe (cryostylet) in the eye. Inserted under local anesthesia, the stylet adheres to the cataractous lens, freezes it, and permits removal with no danger of spillage, because there is no liquid left to spill, and no damage to the remainder of the eye particularly important for patients with sight in only...