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Ultra-Intense Light Fails to Speed Up Water Evaporation
Original: Scientists Blasted Water With Light 10 Billion Times Brighter Than Sunlight. It Still Didn't Evaporate Faster.
Researchers subjected water to light roughly 10 billion times brighter than sunlight, expecting faster evaporation, but the water did not evaporate any quicker. The surprising null result challenges assumptions about how extremely intense light interacts with liquid water, and is drawing attention from physicists curious about what limits evaporation under such extreme conditions.
Why now: The unexpected failure of a straightforward physics prediction makes the finding notable and counterintuitive.
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- Scientists Blasted Water With Light 10 Billion Times Brighter Than Sunlight. It Still Didn't Evaporate Faster. · ScienceAlert
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