Fastest-spinning manmade object clocks 60 billion rpm

The fastest-spinning manmade object has been created in a lab at Purdue University. This microscopic rotor is made up of two silica nanoparticles stuck together to form a "dumbbell," and by hitting it with laser light the team has sent it spinning at a blistering 60 billion rpm.

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Category: Physics

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• Laser
• Particle physics
• Physics
• Purdue University
• Quantum Physics
• World's Fastest

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