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Researchers Chill Mirror to Near Absolute Zero

Posted by samzenpus on from the barely-moving dept.

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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  1. Re:This is cool stuff and all... by camperdave · · Score: 4, Funny

    could someone explain what the significance of this is?

    Perhaps we could reflect on it.

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  2. Re:Mirror by glwtta · · Score: 5, Funny

    Makes you look cool?

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  3. Here's the sginificance. by deft · · Score: 5, Funny

    The real world application of this will be truly shown when they find the exact frequency on beer.

    Then, gaze upon its brilliance.

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  4. Re:This is cool stuff and all... by sarge+apone · · Score: 5, Funny

    could someone explain what the significance of this is?

    Perhaps we could reflect on it.

    Absolutely... to a degree.

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  5. That's nothing by edwardpickman · · Score: 5, Funny

    My exwife could do that with just a glance. It may not have been one degree over Absolute Zero but it sure felt that way.

  6. Re:Thought of that once.... by SnowZero · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've heard that eating a mirror was bad luck.

    Nothing came up on Snopes.com, so it must be true...