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[–] Dubiousx99 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if it could be used to improve desalination techniques.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago

Was fully prepared for the answer to this to be that a couple extra molecules evaporating don’t make a big difference, but:

Under the optimum conditions of color, angle, and polarization, Lv says, “the evaporation rate is four times the thermal limit.”

That sounds legitimately exciting!