December gold futures bulls and bears are on a level near-term technical playing field and trapped in a choppy and sideways trading range.

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The atoms in question were stripped of their outer electrons and trapped in an electric field, in a vacuum, at extremely low temperatures.

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Technically, December gold futures bulls and bears are on a level near-term technical playing field and trapped in a choppy and sideways trading range.

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This conical beam is then reflected into a cluster of 1m or so rubidium atoms, which are held trapped in a magnetic field within a vacuum chamber.

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Technically, gold bulls and bears are still on a level near-term technical playing field as prices are trapped in the middle of a well-defined, choppy and sideways trading range.

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But gamma-ray telescopes are also confused by charged particles trapped in the earth's magnetic field.

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