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Re:A mysterious crystal that melts at two different temperat... by im3w1l on Friday June 07, 2019 @12:37AM (#20121693)
> Although the team’s work breaks genuinely new ground, Meekes cheerfully admits that the circumstances under which the melting-point suppression occurs are so specific that the research is unlikely to have useful applications.

Whenever I hear of something extremely sensitive, it makes me want to turn it into a measurement device.

Not clear what you'd use this to measure though.

Re:A mysterious crystal that melts at two different temperat... by dgoldstein0 on Friday June 07, 2019 @04:27AM (#20122663)
Maybe presence of acid vapor? But this sounds possibly too sensitive to be useful.
Re:A mysterious crystal that melts at two different temperat... by jacobush on Friday June 07, 2019 @04:47AM (#20122766)
I was thinking in space... measuring the corona of a comet or something. Anywhere you have a very faint hint of something