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[-] Dubiousx99@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

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

[-] wyrmroot@programming.dev 22 points 5 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!

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