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Recent Examples on the Web In some materials, at temperatures close to absolute zero, magnetic fields shut down to short range, and electrical resistance disappears. — Andrew Crumey, WSJ, 3 June 2022 Next, multiple lasers bombard the strontium atoms with photons and magnetic fields that slow atom momentum to a near motionless state, lowering the atom’s temperatures to about one-millionth of a degree above absolute zero. — Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes, 2 June 2022 One cools loops of wire to near –273.15 degrees Celsius, or absolute zero, turning them into superconductors where current flows with virtually no resistance. — Neil Savage, Scientific American, 5 July 2017 In the distant future, the universe will approach absolute zero at the end of everything (see below). — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2022 Even at absolute zero, spins continue to fluctuate, analogous to how atoms slosh in a liquid. — Quanta Magazine, 2 Dec. 2021 The OpenSuperQ project at Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology moved the ball forward in June with a new thermometer capable of accurately measuring the extremely low temperatures (close to absolute zero) required during quantum calculations. — John Sullivan, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021 Fahrenheit, which is barely warmer than absolute zero. — Ramin Skibba, Wired, 23 Dec. 2021 Our qubits operate in a dilution refrigerator that’s about the size of a 55-gallon drum, and uses a special isotope of helium to cool them a fraction of a degree above absolute zero (roughly –273 degrees Celsius). — Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American, 30 May 2018 See More

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“Absolute zero.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absolute%20zero. Accessed 27 Jun. 2022.

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