Researchers Chill Mirror to Near Absolute Zero

An anonymous reader writes "Physicists have managed to cool a dime-sized mirror to within one degree of absolute zero. This is the lowest laser-induced freeze yet achieved with a visible object. Laser cooling involves firing pulses of light at a specific frequency that exactly matches an atom's motions."

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Thought of that once....

[hcmtnbiker]

I actually thought of making a instant refrigerator like that once, like a microwave speed but a freezer. My goals where of course shot down when I did research into how the limitations(thing to work really have to me microscopic), as well as the Microsoft had already patented it. Go figure.