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		TimByte 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A new class of materials that can passively harves... I think the interesting bit is less about "breaking physics" and more about how finely tuned the material is to encourage this behavior without external cooling.

vel0city 4 months ago [–]

But there was external cooling, or am I reading "The temperature of the films was controlled" incorrectly?

bm62 4 months ago | [–]

He likely means cooling it below the dew point rather than controlling the temperature in general.

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