Comment on xkcd #3094: Mass Spec
remotelove@lemmy.ca 1 week agoSpeculating, or course, I would say there wouldn’t be enough change to get a perceivable effect through other kinds of noise at the scale we are talking about. Yes, there would be an effect, but with all other environmental variables included, the results may appear completely random.
Then again, I suppose much of this boils down to the accuracy of the tools that you use to measure readings.
Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
To make it a bit easier to measure the difference, you could do this in free fall or micro gravity environment.
remotelove@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
And a also a true vacuum. Your test subject might not look so hot after that, but science!
Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
Air just gets in the way, in more than one way actually.