Slowing Down Atoms And Biomolecules With Lasers

Tokyokid writes "In an interview on Berkeley Groks, Nobel Laureate Steve Chu talks about cooling atoms down using lasers. In another words, the atoms or molecules are slowed down in this "optical molasses." Scientists now are using these techniques to study the interactions and forces between biomolecules. These studies may give a better understanding of how life works on the molecular level."

Comments

nope

[H4x0r Jim Duggan]

Lasers heat things up, not cool things down. Jeez, hasn't this guy ever seen a movie?

Maybe we can use this technique

[Anonymous Coward]

to slow down Darl McBride