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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. Hillery Clinton by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hillery Clinton has achieved this feat already. Next...

  2. Re:This is cool stuff and all... by priestx · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Hopefully we can all see the light.

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  3. Re:Obligatory Star Trek Refference by wolf369T · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    At least I'm not an anonymous coward and I don't use the s-word like others do around here. So, I'm forced to ask you to stop judging me, m'kay?