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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. Wow! by PenisLands · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Using this amazing pow0r of making water run uphill, we could significantly improve the techology of the human race.

  2. British vacuurm cleaner builder did this already by Raindeer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Pah, the British have beaten the Americans by over a year with this trick and not in a small way too. These Americans can only show it in a lab. The Brits have been making water features for in a garden, where water flows uphill. Derek Philips, working for James Dyson (of the vacuum cleaner that never fails to suck), invented this and presumably they have patents.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3046791.stm

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