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Researchers Chill Mirror to Near Absolute Zero 202

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday April 11, 2007 @11:50PM 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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See, kids? (Score:3, Funny)

by FlyByPC ( 841016 ) writes: on Wednesday April 11, 2007 @11:59PM (#18698235) Homepage

Science *is* cool. Sometimes literally!

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Re:Thought of that once.... (Score:2, Funny)

by LighterShadeOfBlack ( 1011407 ) writes: on Wednesday April 11, 2007 @11:59PM (#18698237) Homepage

My goals where of course shot down when I did research into how the limitations(thing to work really have to me microscopic)
Clearly not anymore. Your dreams can become reality! People do eat mirrors right?

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Re:This is cool stuff and all... (Score:2, Funny)

by Merc248 ( 1026032 ) writes: on Wednesday April 11, 2007 @11:59PM (#18698239) Homepage

Overclocking!

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Re:This is cool stuff and all... (Score:5, Funny)

by camperdave ( 969942 ) writes: on Thursday April 12, 2007 @12:07AM (#18698283) Journal

could someone explain what the significance of this is?

Perhaps we could reflect on it.

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Re:Mirror (Score:5, Funny)

by glwtta ( 532858 ) writes: on Thursday April 12, 2007 @12:17AM (#18698327) Homepage

Makes you look cool?

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Here's the sginificance. (Score:5, Funny)

by deft ( 253558 ) writes: on Thursday April 12, 2007 @12:28AM (#18698381) Homepage

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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Re:This is cool stuff and all... (Score:5, Funny)

by sarge apone ( 918461 ) writes: on Thursday April 12, 2007 @12:37AM (#18698425)

could someone explain what the significance of this is?

Perhaps we could reflect on it.

Absolutely... to a degree.

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Actually... (Score:2, Funny)

by ABasketOfPups ( 1004562 ) writes: on Thursday April 12, 2007 @12:44AM (#18698463)

It's already pretty cool. HAHAHAHA I slay me.

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That's nothing (Score:5, Funny)

by edwardpickman ( 965122 ) writes: on Thursday April 12, 2007 @12:44AM (#18698465)

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.

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Re:Hillery Clinton (Score:2, Funny)

by Frogbert ( 589961 ) writes: <frogbert@gma i l . c om> on Thursday April 12, 2007 @12:51AM (#18698479)

You know, that chick with the snuke up her sniz.

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I said before and I'll say again... (Score:3, Funny)

by The Great Pretender ( 975978 ) writes: on Thursday April 12, 2007 @01:16AM (#18698599)

You want to get to absolute zero, go see my first wife

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Freeze-Ray!?! (Score:2, Funny)

by ziekrage ( 1087379 ) writes: on Thursday April 12, 2007 @02:00AM (#18698805)

"Laser cooling involves firing pulses of light..." I believe Victor Fries [wikipedia.org] would be proud.

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Re:Thought of that once.... (Score:5, Funny)

by SnowZero ( 92219 ) writes: on Thursday April 12, 2007 @02:07AM (#18698859)

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

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

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Can I overclock with this technique? (Score:3, Funny)

by Derling Whirvish ( 636322 ) writes: on Thursday April 12, 2007 @02:14AM (#18698895) Journal

When will we see this technique used to cool the CPUs in gaming machines?

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Oblig. (Score:3, Funny)

by SeaFox ( 739806 ) writes: on Thursday April 12, 2007 @02:35AM (#18698977)

"Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, who's the coolest one o-- AAAAAAAH! MY EYES!

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Re:Other uses... (Score:3, Funny)

by PopeRatzo ( 965947 ) * writes: on Thursday April 12, 2007 @06:31AM (#18700173) Journal

but you all know there's no free lunch

Tell that to my cousin Tommy, the mooch.

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