VOA慢速英語：有史以來第一次：科學(xué)家使用激光冷卻液體

University of Washington researchers say they used a laser to turn hot water into cool water.

華盛頓大學(xué)的研究人員聲稱，他們使用激光使熱水變?yōu)槔渌?/p>

Five engineers from the university are the first in the 50-year history of the laser torefrigerate liquids under normal conditions with light beams.

This instrument built by UW engineers (from left) Peter Pauzauskie, Xuezhe Zhou, Bennett Smith, Matthew Crane and Paden Roder (unpictured) used infrared laser light to refrigerate liquids for the first time.Dennis Wise/University of Washington

在對于研究激光長達50年的歷史中，華盛頓大學(xué)的5位工程師首次利用激光光束在日常條件下冷卻液體。

The group used a simple approach to the experiment. Lasers are known for producing hot temperatures. The University of Washington says they "essentially ran the laser phenomenon inreverse."

該團隊使用簡單的方法來進行實驗。眾所周知，激光器會生產(chǎn)高溫。華盛頓大學(xué)表示他們在研究的過程中成功地對激光進行了反向利用。

The discovery has a future in the computer and medical fields. Computer interiors could be cooled by lasers. In a medical laboratory, individual cells could be cooled to see how they react. visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

這一發(fā)現(xiàn)在計算機與醫(yī)學(xué)領(lǐng)域有著廣泛的應(yīng)用前景?？梢酝ㄟ^激光對計算機內(nèi)部進行冷卻。在醫(yī)學(xué)實驗中，單個細胞可以通過冷卻來觀察它們?nèi)绾畏磻?yīng)。

"Few people have thought about how they could use this technology to solve problems because using lasers to refrigerate liquids hasn't been possible before," said researcher Peter Pauzauskie.

研究人員Peter Pauzauskie 說：“很少有人會想到使用這種技術(shù)來解決問題，因為激光冷卻液體在這之前是不可能的。”

The cool laser concept can also be used in manufacturing, telecommunications or national defense.

使用激光進行冷卻這一概念也可用于制造、電信或國防。

The group has an interest in hearing from businesses or scientists who may have every day applications for the cool laser.

該團隊現(xiàn)在對其他那些申請用激光冷卻的科學(xué)家和企業(yè)的想法非常感興趣。

The findings were published this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

本月，這項研究結(jié)果在美國國家科學(xué)院院刊出版。

I'm Marsha James.

我是瑪莎·詹姆斯。

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Words in This Story

refrigerate – v. to keep something cold or keep it fresh

approach– n. a way of dealing with something

reverse– adj. opposite to what is stated or considered normal

refrigerate– v. to keep something cold or keep it fresh

telecommunications– n. the technology of sending and receiving signals or images over long distances by telephone, television or satellite

defense – n. the things that are done by a country to protect itself from enemies