UCLA physicists discover ‘apparent departure from the laws of thermodynamics’

[rukiddingme]

Buffer gas cooling is crucial in fields ranging from forensics to the production of antimatter. Hudson's research group has discovered important nuances that revise the current understanding of the cooling process, explain the difficulties encountered in previous cooling experiments and show a new path forward for creating ultra-cold ion samples. With this framework the researchers showed how troublesome effects can be overcome and even exploited to study the mechanisms at play in molecular motors and single-atom heat engines in a precisely controlled manner.[/font][/size]






http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-physicists-discover-apparent-departure-from-the-laws-of-thermodynamics

[conradelektro]

In the article one can read:

"Of course, this work does not violate the laws of thermodynamics, but it does demonstrate there are still some interesting, potentially useful things to learn about buffer gas cooling,"

So, the title of this thread is wrong!

Greetings, Conrad