m3t00🌎 voted@lemmy.worldM to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoIn a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate without heatnews.mit.eduexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down15cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldinterestingshare@lemmy.ziphackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1102arrow-down1external-linkIn a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate without heatnews.mit.edum3t00🌎 voted@lemmy.worldM to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square38fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldinterestingshare@lemmy.ziphackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·11 months agoThat’s assuming some definition of heat that requires light absorbtion. This is still heat, because all motion of atoms is heat.
That’s assuming some definition of heat that requires light absorbtion. This is still heat, because all motion of atoms is heat.