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."

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Re:nope

[Kethinov]

The important question then, I suppose, is how cold can you get them with "light-cooling"?

If this technique were to develop well enough, it could spawn a whole new method of refridgeration.