First quantum jiggles detected in solid object(newscientist.com)
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First quantum jiggles detected in solid object
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328495.200-first-quantum-jiggles-detected-in-solid-object.html
3 comments
Jiggles, twangs... who comes up with these names?
A silicon bar of 12x1x1 micrometer cooled to near absolute zero more often takes energy from incoming photons than imparting it on the photons, once more confirming that quantum mechanics accurately describes the experimental system.
I think "First quantum jiggles detect in object the researchers or PR department chose to label as 'solid'" is more accurate. I doubt an experiment like this one hasn't been done before, because we've had the technology to do it for quite a while. There also wasn't any reason whatsoever to doubt the outcome. It's great that they checked, but to present it with a headline such as this one, suggesting there is something profound about this result, is just unwarranted.
I think "First quantum jiggles detect in object the researchers or PR department chose to label as 'solid'" is more accurate. I doubt an experiment like this one hasn't been done before, because we've had the technology to do it for quite a while. There also wasn't any reason whatsoever to doubt the outcome. It's great that they checked, but to present it with a headline such as this one, suggesting there is something profound about this result, is just unwarranted.
It's simple: if it jiggles, it's fat.