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Physicists Close in on 'Superlens'
An anonymous reader writes "In Oregon, physicists have developed a material for creating a real superlens that in theory could attain a one-nanometer visual resolution. The idea is to use exotic materials to create "negative" refraction of light, which literally means steering it in the opposite direction of that found in the natural world."
In a conventional lens, light gets bent
Poor light. Why is everyone so mean to it? It just wants to be loved, but everyone wants it to get bent.
So, if you would fill a pool with a fluid with negative refraction, and then would go swimming, how would that look to someone ouside the pool? (Beside funny and quite stupid ...)
Finally there'll be a way to read all the fine print in service contracts!
As a Lisp programmer, I chuckle at the artificial distinction between light, lenses, and refraction.
Your hybrid is not saving the environment. Its purpose is to make you feel good about buying something.
The idea is to use exotic materials to create "negative" refraction of light, which literally means steering it in the opposite direction of that found in the natural world.
I have one of those! I call it a *hand quotes* mirror *hand quotes*.
feynmann explained this clearly in the (first volume?) of his lectures, i imagine everybody here has read them...
Dude, most people here don't even read TFAs.
KFG
Large molecule on molecule action? Man, and I thought I had seen all the fetishes.
-Daniel
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no, a lens! RTFA!