> > > > Shining light on a water droplet creates effects analogous to what happens in an atom.
> > > This can help us understand how atoms work, write researchers:
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> > A very strained analogy, and a singularly pointless one.
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> > Bouncing light around inside a water-droplet of the right size is a way of making a compact long-path length cell, and much easier than the usual approaches, but the fact that the droplets shrink as they evaporate means they don't offer a long path length for long.
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His analogy is still strained and unhelpful. If you want to differ on this point, tell us why.