UW team refrigerates liquids with a laser for the first time

UW team refrigerates liquids with a laser for the first time
Seattle WA (SPX) Nov 20, 2015 - Since the first laser was invented in 1960, they've always given off heat - either as a useful tool, a byproduct or a fictional way to vanquish intergalactic enemies. But those concentrated beams of light have never been able to cool liquids. University of Washington researchers are the first to solve a decades-old puzzle - figuring out how to make a laser refrigerate water and other liquids und ... more

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