NASA researchers are planning to create the coldest spot in the known universe inside the International Space Station. âWeâre going to study matter at temperatures far colder than are found naturally,â says Rob Thompson of JPL. Heâs the Project Scientist for NASAâs Cold Atom Lab, an atomic ârefrigeratorâ slated for launch to the ISS in 2016. We aim to push effective temperatures down to 100 pico-Kelvin.. A new ScienceCast video explores the strange quantum realm of NASA's new Cold Atom Lab.
onychomalacia onÂ·yÂ·choÂ·maÂ·laÂ·ciÂ·a (Ån'Ä­-kÅ'mÉ-lÄ'shÄ-É, -shÉ) n. Abnormal softness of the fingernails or toenails.
Definition and cause. Osteomalacia is a state of depletion of calcium from the body's bones due to lack of vitamin D. Vitamin D enables the body to absorb calcium and phosphate from the gut while limiting the elimination of calcium in the urine and thus maintain an adequate calcium level in the body.steomalacia can thus occur in the absence of intake of vitamin D e.g. in diseases of malabsorption, where the uptake from the intestine is impaired or in lack of sunlight, for example as seen in some Muslim women, who are completely covered.