Just a quick link about an upcoming article in Physical Review Letters (btw. does this journal’s name sound like an oxymoron to you as well?). The scientists of the LIGO have managed to cool down a dime sized mirror to a bit less than 1 Kelvin; all just by two simple laser irradiation procedures: optical […]
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A very cool mirror
Published by April 14th, 2007 in experiment, future technology, hipness and literature. 0 CommentsWhat’s behind the name of this blog?
Published by November 10th, 2006 in experiment, goo and soot. 0 CommentsWell, easy: if you have ever polymerized anything, you know what can happen. Charred residues, brownish and highly viscous remains. Sticky, tacky — insoluble or unprocessable. Characterization of soot or goo is better left to your labmate. Yeah, whatever So we were talking about naming this blog after soot or goo. And we could […]
