Big science just got a bit stranger
From
Yahoo/LiveScience:
Atoms Reach Record Temperature, Colder than Absolute Zero
Absolute zero is often thought to be the coldest temperature possible. But now researchers show they can achieve even lower temperatures for a strange realm of "negative temperatures."
Oddly, another way to look at these negative temperatures is to consider them hotter than infinity, researchers added.
This unusual advance could lead to new engines that could technically be more than 100 percent efficient, and shed light on mysteries such as dark energy, the mysterious substance that is apparently pulling our universe apart.
This will lead to a Nobel and will open up a whole new section of industry. The researchers are going to be very very rich at some point in the future.
Posted by DaveH at January 3, 2013 8:48 PM