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Scientists Make Water Run Uphill

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the flee-little-droplets-flee dept.

redshadow01 writes to mention a BBC story about scientists flouting the laws of physics for fun, and profit. From the article: "The US scientists did the experiment to demonstrate how the random motion of water molecules in hot steam could be channelled into a directed force. But the team, writing in Physical Review Letters, believes the effect may be useful in driving coolants through overheating computer microchips."

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  1. Scientists also noticed the older water... by deft · · Score: 5, Funny

    Scientists also noticed the older water samples flowed uphill, both ways.

    In the snow.

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  2. So what by kitsunewarlock · · Score: 5, Funny

    So what, they've been doing that at Knott's house of mystery for the past like what, 20 years?

    I know how to make water travel uphill:

    Step 1: Stand up.
    Step 2: Find an incline.
    Step 3: Walk up said incline.
    Warning: Step 1 and Step 3 should not be performed by anyone who even knows how to properly type in the URL to this website without first consulting a physician. Doing so may cause undesired effects such as loss of breath and/or time spent away from the internet.

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    1. Re:So what by cheese-cube · · Score: 1, Funny

      You really get into trouble when trying to make a Slashdotter go up a hill.

  3. For fun and for .. by Neeth · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. Flaunting the laws of physics
    2. ???
    3. Profit!

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  4. Steam, useful for cooling microchips? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Too bad only intel CPU's run hot enough for steam cooling to be viable.

  5. Hmmm.... by LoRdTAW · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now if they could find a way to do the same with shit.

  6. Only if... by robbak · · Score: 2, Funny

    you engrave every surface that you are going to travel over with .3 mm saw-tooth-shapped groves. Could be a little difficult on, say, the Atlantic Ocean.

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  7. And for my next impression... by Hobbes897 · · Score: 2, Funny

    When will scientists get around to what's really important? When will they make hot snow fall up?

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  8. Re:Interesting by tacocat · · Score: 3, Funny

    So Escher was ahead of his time?

  9. FInally! A cure for world hunger! by Provocateur · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here I was, thinking that scientists have found a way to make rivers bring water to parched land where irrigation could help make the land more productive for starving nations,

    and all we have are some serious overclockers.

    I'd hate to be at a LAN party with these guys.
     

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  10. Re:Hah! You can make water run uphill... by Jamil+Karim · · Score: 2, Funny

    We've placed your beer on that hill. Better run and get it before someone else does. =)

  11. Re:Interesting by isaacklinger · · Score: 1, Funny

    Actually you could try building that dam in Kansas, where thermodynamics is still just a theory.