Critical Mass


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Radiation safety The minimum amount of material—mass of a particular radioisotope—required for it to reach ‘criticality’ and undergo a spontaneous fission chain reaction, releasing a lethal shower of neutron and gamma radiation
Research A popular term for the minimum number of persons working in related fields in a particular place, below which creative thinking and interaction may be suboptimal
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Another compelling feature of Critical Mass is that it has no central leadership.
LONG BEACH CYCLISTS REACH "CRITICAL MASS"
If critical masses are still reached, how will these critical masses be achieved (e.g., time-shifted L7)?
The future of television revealed in ten steps
Critical Mass elegantly straddles the boundary between installation and performance art by drawing the viewer into its embrace.
Henny Linn Kjellberg: Critical Mass
"I originally joined a critical mass when I was at college in Worcester back in the 1990s," says Kate.
Critical mass is a chance to reclaim the roads; IT'S a global cycling phenomenon with regular events in every major UK city. MARY GRIFFIN asks why critical mass hasn't made its way to Coventry
Over post-Mass pints, Katherine Jackson, an English teacher who cycles from home in Moseley to work in the city every day, says: "A lot of people shout as we're passing 'What are you doing?' "Tonight some lads were shouting 'Are you on the internet?' so I said 'No, I'm on my bike!'" But the jovial nature of Brum's critical mass masks some pertinent points.
Mass bike ride is a celebration of cycling; Cyclists are taking to the streets in Birmingham in a critical mass. MARY GRIFFIN joins 100 bikers as they weave through the city as part of a monthly quest to celebrate their pastime
For an idea to reach critical mass, a certain number of innovative, well-connected people must first adopt and retransmit it.
Leveraging networks
WASHINGTON - How to define a "critical mass" of minority students was the question of the day on Wednesday during a heated Supreme Court oral argument on the consideration of race in the University of Texas at Austin's admissions processes.
SCOTUS Takes Aim at Key Question in UT Case
It began with accumulating a critical mass of bar-coded products and gaining experience using the bar codes.
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Dianne Wilkins, CEO, Critical Mass said, 'We're especially proud of this win for best integrated online campaign because it speaks to the strong partnership we have forged with TBWA.
-MediaPost editors and digital luminaries honours Critical Mass
Newcastle's first "Critical Mass" bike rally was due to take place in Newcastle this evening.
Real pedal power for campaign; CYCLISTS TO TAKE TO THE STREETS
The goal in operating terms should be how to get to critical mass, a destination not even on the radar screen for the vast majority of advisory firms.
New challenges for achieving critical mass: being too big and too small makes it hard to create the optimal result
The British Government's counter terrorism communications unit found that a network of Islamic political bloggers is reaching "a critical mass.
Britain names 20 most influential pro-Islamic blogs

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