The Next Big Thing in Computing Might Be Lasers

Sabine Hossenfelder β€’ May 29, 2025
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As simple as possible, but not any simpler! Science and technology updates and summaries. No hype, no spin, no tip-toeing around inconvenient truths. Currently 5 videos a week (Tue-Wed-Thu and Sat-Sun). Early access for channel members. Sabine Hossenfelder has a PhD in physics. She is author of the books "Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray" (Basic Books, 2018) and "Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions" (Viking, 2022). Views are my own and do not represent any institution. Represented by Media Mobilize.

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As a viewer of my channel, you will get a special 20% off discount at the Economist! Head over to https://www.economist.com/Sabine to get started. You might associate lasers with things like destroying planets or melting through steel. But researchers are working on a way to do something more productive with the technology: cooling computer chips. It could solve a big problem because overheating is currently the major obstacle in the way of cramming more transistors onto microchips. Let’s take a look at how laser cooling works and why it might just be the cooling technology of the future. πŸ€“ Check out my new quiz app ➜ http://quizwithit.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ–ΌοΈ On instagram ➜ https://www.instagram.com/sciencewtg/ #science #sciencenews #tech #technews

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