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PHYSICS: Steven Chu, William Phillips and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji. Atoms in the air can move at thousands of miles an hour--far too fast for scientists to get a good look at them. Chu and Phillips, of the U.S., and Cohen-Tannoudji, of France, were cited for developing new ways to slow down and "freeze" atoms at temperatures near absolute zero with blasts of laser light, giving researchers the opportunity for more detailed studies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Oct. 27, 1997 | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

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