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Stopping Light

Posted by Hemos on from the but-isn't-it-just-night? dept.

Jon Abbott writes "NASA is reporting that physicists at Harvard University have managed to stop light altogether. The implications of this discovery are rather staggering -- quantum encryption and quantum computers might be just around the corner! " Well, I don't think this will mean any immediate changes - but it is a significant step.

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  1. haha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    mod up motherfuckers

  2. Re:What's with the throwaway lines? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    <coffee-talk>Discuss.</coffee-talk>

    And you're admitting that that was on the end of your post?? Hemos did you a big favor.

    Dude, that was really, really lame.