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	Cornell and Wieman Share 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics URL: http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/n01-04.htm ODP description: Press releases from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and explanations of the work on Bose-Einstein condensates which won the Nobel Prize. Page title: Cornell and Wieman Share 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics
	Research groups involved in atom trapping and cooling URL: http://www.phys.umu.se/laser/links11.htm ODP description: A detailed links list of about 50 research groups around the world, with an immense list of subject links, as well. From the Laser Physics Group at UmeÃ¥ University, Sweden. Page title: The Laser Physics Group Redirect Page
	BEC (Bose-Einstein Condensation) Homepage URL: http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/bec/index.html ODP description: "A new form of matter at the coldest temperatures in the universe." Simplified, surprisingly clear explanation. Includes cartoon illustrations. Page title: BEC Homepage
	NIST - Atomic Physics Division - Laser Cooling and Trapping Group URL: http://physics.nist.gov/Divisions/Div842/Gp4/group4.html ODP description: This department of the National Institute of Standards and Technology studies the physics of laser cooling, electromagnetic trapping, and other radiative manipulation of neutral atoms and dielectric particles. Home of 1997 Nobel Prize winner William D. Phillips, whose team has cooled atoms to less than a millionth of a degree above absolute zero. Page title: NIST: Atomic Physics Div. - Laser Cooling and Trapping Gp
	USC Physics & Astronomy: Physics 151 Lab Manual URL: http://physics.usc.edu/Undergraduate/Labs/151/manual/ ODP description: Click on: "Experiment X: Ideal Gas Law and the Absolute Zero of Temperature." Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. The experiment uses liquid nitrogen. Page title: USC Physics & Astronomy -- Physics 151 Lab Manual
	What is absolute zero? URL: http://www.pa.msu.edu/~sciencet/ask_st/012992.html ODP description: An answer from the Lansing State Journal in Michigan, January 29, 1992. Page title: 1/29/92 - What is absolute zero?
	Computer Simulation of laser cooling and trapping URL: http://webphysics.davidson.edu/alumni/jocowan/Cooldown.htm ODP description: Download page for free copies of several "Cool Simulations." Page title: Download Cool Simulation Page description: Download a Free copy of Cool Simulation
	The Nobel Prize in Physics 1997 URL: http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1997/ ODP description: This includes the press release of the Nobel Committee for the prize given to Steven Chu, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, and William D. Phillips, for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light. For those wanting more scientific details, be sure to click the link for "Additional background material" under "Further Reading." Page title: Physics 1997
	Steven Chu, former Bell Labs researcher, wins 1997 Nobel in physics URL: http://www.bell-labs.com/user/feature/archives/chu/ ODP description: Using lasers to trap and cool molecules for study. Nobel Prize for Chu, Phillips, and Cohen-Tannoudji. Page title: Steven Chu, former Bell Labs researcher, wins Nobel in physics