To: BenLurkin
"This discovery will not be applicable in the near future because 7-tesla magnets like the ones used in the study are not available for commercial used and semiconductors must be chilled to nearly absolute zero in order to make the atoms slow down enough to be detectable." So much for that.
6 posted on
03/24/2015 9:39:17 PM PDT by
Fungi
(Evolution: no science, no truth, no nothing. Full of faith, faith in the "god" of chance.)
To: Fungi
So much for that. It's not how well the bear dances, it's that he dances at all.
In other words, regardless of its current practicality, this is an unexpected effect not previously observed, and it has theoretical implications that may well lead to something very useful down the road.
7 posted on
03/24/2015 10:02:39 PM PDT by
Oberon
(John 12:5-6)
To: Salamander; Swordmaker
"The study is the first ever to prove that acoustic phonons (particles responsible for the transmission of both sound and heat) contain magnetic properties,..."
Oh! I'm ~Sooo~ surprised!
9 posted on
03/24/2015 10:11:14 PM PDT by
shibumi
("Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way")
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