Scientists reach the ultimate quantum limit on a surface

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI swear by this: a surface is clean when you wipe it down with a good cloth, and nothing more is needed.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorScientists just made an ultra-clean surface where individual molecules keep their delicate quantum properties at the fundamental limit, ScienceDaily reports.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA cloth, then. I knew it.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThey cleaned an organic crystal by letting its top layers slowly evaporate inside a vacuum chamber cooled to extremely low temperatures.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo it's self-cleaning. That's my kind of surface, really.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThen they cooled it to a few degrees above absolute zero, which stopped the evaporating.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWithout that, noise can wipe out the quantum effect thousands of times faster than the limit allows.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThousands of times.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe ruling is MYTH.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe paper in Science is from the Max Planck Institute, and it reports one molecule stuck to the surface reaching that limit.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat is one molecule on a cold crystal, not your counter.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFine. New belief: my dishes will evaporate on their own if I leave them till the weekend.