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Fastest-Ever Flashgun Captures Image of Light Wave

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the fastest-flash-in-the-west dept.

loconet writes to tell us that a team of researchers have created the shortest-ever flash of light. Weighing in at just 80 attoseconds, this flash has already been used to capture an image of a laser pulse and could possibly be used in the future to capture the electron movement around large atoms.

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  1. Who shot the ducks? by Dr.+Cody · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Newsline Saturday: Hundreds of mallard ducks found dead outside residential area; experts believe death caused by epileptic seizures.
    Here, let me fix that for you:

    Newsline Saturday: Dog found dead outside residential area; experts believe death caused by epileptic seizures.
  2. Re:Who woulda thought? by kesuki · · Score: 1, Redundant

    and the wiki-nazis took the page down.

    google has a cache yet.
    http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:Mi0h0YEwLp8J:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell+James+Clerk+Maxwell&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us&client=firefox-a

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