{"id":3319,"date":"2021-10-19T11:54:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T09:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/19\/is-a-negative-microwave-a-device-that-quickly-cools-food-and-drink-possible\/"},"modified":"2021-10-19T11:54:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T09:54:41","slug":"is-a-negative-microwave-a-device-that-quickly-cools-food-and-drink-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/19\/is-a-negative-microwave-a-device-that-quickly-cools-food-and-drink-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a \u2018negative microwave\u2019 \u2013 a device that quickly cools food and drink \u2013 possible?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The long-running series in which readers answer other readers\u2019 questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been grappling for decades about how you\u2019d get a \u201cnegative <br \/>microwave\u201d to work, a device that very quickly cools things such as food or drinks without having to pre-fill it with something that\u2019s already cold. I understand many of the reasons why it\u2019s near impossible but is it actually impossible? Maybe quantum physics can mysteriously do it. <em>George Stewart<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Post your answers (and new questions) below or send them to <\/em><strong><a href=\"mailto:nq@theguardian.com\">nq@theguardian.com<\/a><\/strong><em>. A selection will be published on Sunday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/oct\/19\/is-a-negative-microwave-a-device-that-quickly-cools-food-and-drink-possible\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ac0c4225f1d5abfdaad09e475099b07727b8e0b2\/1276_233_4276_2565\/master\/4276.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=bc207ab611c8d2d85c2bfba68803d3ce\" title=\"Is a \u2018negative microwave\u2019 \u2013 a device that quickly cools food and drink \u2013 possible?\" \/>The long-running series in which readers answer other readers\u2019 questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts<br \/>\nI\u2019ve been grappling for decades about how you\u2019d get a \u201cnegative microwave\u201d to work, a device that very quickly cools things such as food or drinks without having to pre-fill it with something that\u2019s already cold. I understand many of the reasons why it\u2019s near impossible but is it actually impossible? Maybe quantum physics can mysteriously do it. George Stewart<br \/>\nPost your answers (and new questions) below or send them to nq@theguardian.com. A selection will be published on Sunday. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The long-running series in which readers answer other readers\u2019 questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts I\u2019ve been grappling for decades about how you\u2019d get a \u201cnegative microwave\u201d to work, a device that very quickly cools things such as food or drinks without having to pre-fill it &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/19\/is-a-negative-microwave-a-device-that-quickly-cools-food-and-drink-possible\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is a \u2018negative microwave\u2019 \u2013 a device that quickly cools food and drink \u2013 possible?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3319"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}