2013-09-28, 04:15
Scientists Create Matter From Light. Next Up, Lightsabers?
Brace yourselves: Scientists have created matter made from light. The new form of matter was just a simple molecule, made up of two photons (the particles of light), but — holy crap, they made a molecule out of photons!
This is very cool, but according to the Internet, it also means scientists created lightsabers the other day. Alas, we’re not quite there yet. But for once, it’s not the media’s fault — the Star Wars talk started with Harvard physicist Mikhail Lukin, who said in a press rele
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Brace yourselves: Scientists have created matter made from light. The new form of matter was just a simple molecule, made up of two photons (the particles of light), but — holy crap, they made a molecule out of photons!
This is very cool, but according to the Internet, it also means scientists created lightsabers the other day. Alas, we’re not quite there yet. But for once, it’s not the media’s fault — the Star Wars talk started with Harvard physicist Mikhail Lukin, who said in a press rele
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DiscoverT...Bh9mwnptg/