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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. Obligatory Star Trek Refference by wolf369T · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "In a Mirror, Darkly..."

    Now give some "+5 Funny" or "+5 Informal", 'cause my karma is bad.

  2. Re:Cue by orclevegam · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No, no, no, it's "Sharks with frrickin' freeze lasers!"

    --
    Curiosity was framed, Ignorance killed the cat.