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Re:Light slowed down to 38 mph by froo on Friday July 31, 2009 @02:24AM (#733887)
"She and her team made a light pulse disappear from one cold cloud then retrieved it from another cloud nearby. In the process, light was converted into matter then back into light."

When I first read that, the only response I had was "Beam me up Scotty"

I think it was more of a stunned response than anything. Mind = Blown.

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Re:Light slowed down to 38 mph by Herring on Friday July 31, 2009 @10:16AM (#734454)
Photon number isn't conserved.
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