The cooling process took about 18 hours. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Roarty, Francis X <[email protected] > wrote:
> Related? > > ** ** > > http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/03/quantum-fridge-cools-object-million.html* > *** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > "It's one of the most flabbergasting results I've seen," project leader > Joel Ullom says. "We used quantum mechanics in a nanostructure to cool a > block of copper. The copper is about a million times heavier than the > refrigerating elements. This is a rare example of a nano- or > microelectromechanical machine that can manipulate the macroscopic world." > **** >
