Sentences with phrase «phases of matter»

Fixed fees can apply to portions or phases of a matter, agreed, but they can also apply to entire matters or bundles of matters.

By looking at consistency of outcomes, legal departments can better understand and forecast the various phases of the matter life cycle.

Unit prices and «capped fees»: Unit pricing, a variation of the fixed - fee arrangement, is usually determined for various tasks or phases of a matter, with payment being made upon the successful completion of the agreed upon task or phase.

The review team can relatively easily create a list of the main tasks that drove the fee for various phases of the matter — for example, the number of depositions taken or expert witnesses prepared, or the number of areas where specialized due diligence was required, such as environmental or intellectual property.

Unit pricing, a variation of the fixed - fee arrangement, is usually determined for various tasks or phases of a matter, with payment being made upon the successful completion of the agreed upon task or phase.

(Of course, the distinction between «ice» and «water» begins to lose meaning at such a small length scale since phases of matter are themselves a macroscopic concept.)

We also learned / reviewed persuasive writing, steps in a process, phases of matter, counting money, graphing data, and measuring prior to project implementation.

My next meeting today is about how to apply our criticality approach, coupled to new machine - learning results that are able to find phases of matter for physical systems, to either political data or market data.

The study of the chemical and physical processes that occur in the interface between two phases of matter, such as solid to liquid or liquid to gas.

Liquids and gases are two different phases of matter that are part of our everyday life.

«In the future, this tool will aid in understanding the nature and the strength of interactions in materials that then give rise to interesting new states and phases of matter, which are interesting from a fundamental physics perspective but also for technology.»

When thermal energy is low enough, the effects of electron interactions, for instance, become observable, leading to new phases of matter.

Superinsulation thus joins the ranks of other bizarre phases of matter that exist under extreme conditions, like superconductivity and Bose - Einstein Condensate (a condition in which, at almost absolute zero, large groups of atoms blur together into a single quantum state).

Phases of matter such as liquid, gas, solid and plasma are physical properties of matter.

«My projection is that topological phases of matter will remain in university labs for many years,» he says.

Though the whole process occurred within fractions of a second, there were still phases of matter within that process that scientists don't understand.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 with one half to David J. Thouless of University of Washington, Seattle, WA, and the other half to F. Duncan M. Haldane of Princeton University, NJ, and J. Michael Kosterlitz of Brown University, Providence, RI, «for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.»

Thanks to their pioneering work, the hunt is now on for new and exotic phases of matter.

University College London physicist Andrew Green, who investigates the strange phases of matter that arise at ultra-frigid temperatures, never imagined getting into string theory, but has found it extremely worthwhile.

«Big step forward for quantum computing: Quantum simulator could be used to probe material properties, new phases of matter and solve optimization problems.»

Harvard researchers have developed a specialized quantum computer, known as a quantum simulator, which could be used to shed new light on a host of complex quantum processes, from the connection between quantum mechanics and material properties to investigating new phases of matter and solving complex real - world optimization problems.

Plasma is the less familiar fourth phase of matter, in addition to solid, liquid and gas.

«Liquid crystals are a phase of matter,» Collings said, «just like the more well - known solid, liquid and gas phases.

Physicists Moses Chan and Eun - Song Kim of Pennsylvania State University report they have created a supersolid, a frictionless phase of matter in which atoms behave more like a unified wave than separate particles.

The electrical conductivity of the material provided another hint of superionic ice: The level of conductivity was consistent with expectations for that phase of matter.

«If other unique properties can be convincingly shown,» Beamish says, «everyone would agree it's a new phase of matter.»

The work constitutes the first practical application of a new phase of matter, first discovered in 2006, the so - called topological insulators.

Scientists have found the first direct evidence that a mysterious phase of matter known as the «pseudogap» competes with high - temperature superconductivity, robbing it of electrons that otherwise might pair up to carry current through a material with 100 percent efficiency.

Theoretical work underpinning the discovery of this new phase of matter was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Gedik says, «Although it is hard to predict any potential applications at this stage, basic research on this unusual phase of matter could help us to solve some very complicated problems in physics, particularly high - temperature superconductivity, which might eventually lead to important applications.»

Gas chemistry regards the simplest phase of matter.

I don't want to trivialize the problem of abiogenesis, but it's my suspicion that because matter self - organizes in the presence of energy, the phase of matter we call «life» will appear everywhere it's possible, not as a singular event, but continuously across the galaxies.

It can be a fixed fee for a particular stage or phase of a matter, for the whole matter, or an entire portfolio of matters.

They offer guidance and help develop workflows, select and optimize solutions, and assist with every phase of your matter's requirements.

The timeline should outline each phase of the matter, expected deliverables and deadlines.

TimeSolv's planning dashboard for matters integrates a high - level view of each phase of your matters, making it easy to take advantage of legal project management practices for increased efficiency and profits.

Not exact matches

«My hunch is the next phase of media,» he says, «will come out of authentic, chill conversation about things that matter to people.»

One school of thought says she should just plow ahead with her environmental agenda; history will be on her side in the end, since no one today (outside of maybe a few U.S. Republicans) doubts that the question of phasing out fossil fuels is not a matter of if but when.

Airbus is drawing up contingency plans to phase out production of the world's largest jetliner, the A380 superjumbo, if it fails to win a key order from Dubai's Emirates, three people familiar with the matter said.

Bitcoin went through a rough phase between 2014 and mid-2016, when price tanked from $ 1,000 to $ 200, only to spike to over $ 1,000 again in a matter of months, during this past winter.

My hunch is the next phase of media, like the blogs themselves, is going to come out of the idea of an authentic, chill conversation about things that matter.»

Confusing matters is that a number of exemptions were phased into the law that protect email exchanges between businesses, emails by charities and political parties for fundraising purposes, the first email sent after a third - party referral and emails in response to consumer complaints or inquiries.

«The next phase of media... is going to come out of the idea of an authentic, chill conversation about things that matter,» he continued.

Well, some are, but there is still quite a lot to love in these products — no matter what phase of life you are in — if you know what you need and you shop smart.

If we go by the laws of physics, matter can not be created or destroyed, it can only change its phase.

My objection to Ford's claim that an earlier phase exists before a later phase, in a genetic sense of «exists before,» does not conclude that the difference between phases is merely a matter of complexity of eternal objects.

As a matter of fact this new development is recognized in its full significance only when one observes that it forms a central thrust in a second, «post-Bultmannian» phase of post-war German theology.

Now human nature demands democracy at least from a certain historical phase of man's development onwards, hence it can not be a matter of indifference to the Church, which consists of persons making legitimate demands for freedom and active cooperation, at least in the present state of her development.

Now those who accept the evolutionary perspective are generally agreed that the universe is one single process and that there are stages in the process: the evolution of matter, next the emergence of the first unicellular organisms, then a process of further evolution of life toward vegetative and animal life, and from this latter phase emerged man.

Like him, she knew even in that first and most glorious phase of her life the tension between faith and unfaith, the inescapable temptation to take matters of divine promise into her own hands.