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The Hobby of Energy Secretary Steven Chu

Posted by kdawson on from the needs-to-get-out-more dept.

quanminoan writes "Nobel Laureate and US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu has continued to publish even while in federal office. While previous research topics include gravitational redshift, Chu has coauthored a paper entitled 'Subnanometre single-molecule localization registration and distance measurements' which discusses a way to optically image objects as small as 0.5 nm — a major step down from the previous limit of 10 nm. Chu does this in his free time, claiming 'I just consider it my equivalent of ... vegging out in front of the TV.'"

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  1. Beats him whinging about Americans being spoiled by Scareduck · · Score: 0, Troll

    C.f..

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  2. Easier to get published by bbartlog · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...when you're a Cabinet member. Even when your paper is pure theoretical wanking rather than any practical application of your idea.

  3. Re:His equivalent of TV is publishing papers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Every year you age, it will get worse.

    never fear, nigger jokes is here

  4. Re:His equivalent of TV is publishing papers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    WOW, that's almost as pathetic as if he was a GNU/Linux user!

  5. Re:He should continue doing useful work... by Jhon · · Score: 0, Troll

    Critical thinking: It's more that a knee-jerk reaction based on a sound bite.

    I would suggest re-reading my post, then your post. Then I would further suggest you actually apply a bit of critical thinking and see if what you posted actually means what you obviously think it means.

  6. Re:Right Wing and Moores Law by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 0, Troll

    Irrfuckingelevant.

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