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New Form of Matter Melds Lasers, Superconductors
sterlingda writes "Physicists at the University of Pittsburgh have demonstrated a new form of matter that melds the characteristics of lasers and superconductors. The work introduces a new method of moving energy from one point to another as well as a low-energy means of producing a light beam like that from a laser. The new state is a solid filled with a collection of energy particles known as 'polaritons' that have been trapped and slowed using a technique similar to that used to produce a Bose-Einstein condensate. The work is published in the May 18 issue of Science (subscription required to read beyond the abstract)."
You're telling me that fermions are not subatomic bundles of energy?
Quote from Wikipedia on fermions: "Therefore fermions are usually related with matter while bosons are related with radiation, though the separation between the two is not clear in quantum physics"
Oh wait. I just saw your handle. You're still an undergrad. You'll understand eventually if you keep at it though most people quit even before they reach your level of ignorance.
the NPG electrode was replaced with carbon blac
Sad enough for you you are trolling: those who took the time to read even just very basics about the possibility of creating micro black holes will soon find that a phenomenon called "Hawking Radiation" eliminates that danger as a black hole radiates increasingly intenser as it decreases in size and mass. Also, if particle accelerators can produce black holes, cosmic rays should have been producing them for eons, and they have yet to harm us.
troll? no.
uninformed? yes!
How does it taste?
Refreshingly minty?