Ageing is reversible -- in glass, physicists find | Science News

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Learn a new language in 3 weeks with Babbel. Special offer: https://bit.ly/BabbelSabine022024 According to the fundamental laws of physics, every process is reversible, in principle. In the past years, we have seen several experiments in which physicists study whether this is really the case or if not irreversibility creeps back in somewhere. In this new experiment, a group of physicists found to their own surprise that ageing in glass seems to be reversible. The paper is here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-023-02366-z πŸ€“ Check out our new quiz app ➜ http://quizwithit.com/ πŸ’Œ Support us on Donatebox ➜ 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 acc

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