"Fundamentally accurate quantum thermometer created"

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JLDun Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 06 Posts: 573 Credit: 196,101 RAC: 0	Message 1772278 - Posted: 18 Mar 2016, 1:08:16 UTC From (m.)Phys.org: Fundamentally Accurate Quantum Thermometer Better thermometers might be possible as a result of a discovery at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where physicists have found a way to calibrate temperature measurements by monitoring the tiny motions of a nanomechanical system that are governed by the often counterintuitive rules of quantum mechanics. ID: 1772278 ·

Es99 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0	Message 1773718 - Posted: 24 Mar 2016, 16:25:22 UTC - in response to Message 1772278. From (m.)Phys.org: Fundamentally Accurate Quantum Thermometer Better thermometers might be possible as a result of a discovery at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where physicists have found a way to calibrate temperature measurements by monitoring the tiny motions of a nanomechanical system that are governed by the often counterintuitive rules of quantum mechanics. That's very interesting, thanks. (I still bet I'd burn the pizza though.) Reality Internet Personality ID: 1773718 ·

JLDun Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 06 Posts: 573 Credit: 196,101 RAC: 0	Message 1773741 - Posted: 24 Mar 2016, 19:09:45 UTC - in response to Message 1773718. (I still bet I'd burn the pizza though.) Ah, but you be more accurate in burning the pizza... ;-) ID: 1773741 ·

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