Adding grapes to microwave setups doubles the magnetic field strength, opening doors for smaller, more efficient quantum sensors.

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    Lmao yes technically correct. The grapes aren’t doing anything new, they’re acting as a microwave resonator which makes some very interesting plasma physics you can do with a grape in the microwave. However, this is not a new phenomenon and there are much more convenient microwave resonators you can build out of metal.

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      Interestinengineering.com’s bread and butter seems to be churning out low-effort articles targeted at laypeople who know fuck about shit and talking up every single minor new invention or discovery they can find as the craziest, most crucial thing ever. Written by laypeople who know fuck about shit (this one’s written by a BA in history despite being on, you know, quantum physics). See also: Gell Mann amnesia.

      Honestly seems like a trash website, and fluffing the hell out of any and every random discovery is bound to be damaging to the public perception of science in the long term.

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        Only because it seems like it’s targeted at adults. Target it at kids, and you’re going to spark some real scientists from articles like this.

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      Oh? More convenient than a bunch for a few bucks, found at any grocery? Jk but…

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    Jesus this is bad science, and bad science reporting. There was a paper specifically focusing on why grapes burn in microwave - turns out two spherical objects with certain properties tend to focus microwave radiation on the point right in between. Use that knowledge and make some proper antenna instead.

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      So… Nothing good to say, you can only contribute to this thread by being dismissive and acting like a know it all.

      Have you considered… Not commenting and taking your toxicity elsewhere?

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        That’s impossible you fool. They’ll never do surgery on a grape until they figure out all the science they can do. You obviously have no idea what you’re talking about as I have been on the internet since the early 90s and I’ve never heard of such an absurd thing as SURGERY on a GRAPE 😂😂😂

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            Really cool video to show what you can create using AI these days

            These kinds of fakes wouldn’t have been possible until recently

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            I got to try one of these surgery robots one time and it’s to this day probably one of the coolest things I’ve been allowed to control.

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              Ah, no way, really? The da Vinci? That’s badass. Closest I ever got was a 6-axis industrial Mitsubishi.

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                Yeah, it was a Da Vinci back around 2012 I want to say? It was at a robotics competition as an exhibit, I just happened to go past while it wasn’t busy and got to spend 5 minutes manipulating a little toy they had set up. It felt incredibly futuristic with the 3D display and finger controllers.

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    It’s funny how a month ago people in Lemmy were all bragging about every little piece of science being important to further understanding the world and that Republicans canning even a single minor study could lower our ability to come up with new things.

    And here’s a bunch of people treating this like it’s garbage and are above it.

    Hypocrites as always. Never change.

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      Yes because as we all know those two groups of are absolutely 100% garunteed to be made up of the exact same people.

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      Welcome to the lowest common denominator.

      It’s the lower half of the bell curve that you’re experiencing. The same half that’s more inclined to be louder about their beliefs, beliefs that are often illogical, inconsistent, and misinformed. More inclined to insult, invalidate, and act in bad faith during discussions.

      This drowns out quality discussion.

      All communities will naturally move towards the lowest common denominator, they will always lose their niche. (Really this is an example of entropy). The only way to prevent this is active moderation that dutifully upholds community values.

      /r/AskHistorians is a great example of this.