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• Crossed molecular beam — experiments are chemical experiments where two beams of atoms or molecules are collided together to elucidate the dynamics of the chemical reaction, and can detect individual reactive collisions.[1] Technique In a crossed molecular beam apparatus …   Wikipedia

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• Giacinto Scoles — (b. 1935 in Torino, Italy) is a European North American chemist and physicist who is best known for his pioneering development of molecular beam methods for the study of weak van der Waals forces between atoms, molecules, and surfaces. He… …   Wikipedia

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• Chigi —    The upright X shaped crossed beams at each end of the roof of a shrine. Where the tops are cut vertically this normally indicates a male kami is enshrined; if horizontally a female …   A Popular Dictionary of Shinto

• chigi —    In Japanese architectural tradition, crossed beams extending upwards from both ends of the roof gables on a Shinto structure. Chigi originated in ancient times. Also see diagonal and Japanese art …   Glossary of Art Terms

• CRUCIFIXION — CRUCIFIXION, mode of execution by fastening the condemned to two crossed beams. Being the form of death to which jesus of nazareth was sentenced by the Roman governor Pontius Pilate between 27 and 36 C.E., crucifixion subsequently acquired… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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• Physical Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Scientists discovered a new family of superconducting materials and obtained unique images of individual hydrogen atoms and of a multiple exoplanet system. Europe completed the Large Hadron Collider, and China and India took… …   Universalium