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Geek Culture / Scientists develop lightsaber molecules

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Nickydude
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Posted: 26th Sep 2013 15:25
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Quote: "A team of Harvard and MIT physicists have discovered a new form of matter which they say behaves much like the iconic melee weapon from "Star Wars.""


http://now.msn.com/photonic-molecules-act-like-light-sabers-scientists-say

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TheComet
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Posted: 26th Sep 2013 15:46
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To quote one of the comments I agree with:

Quote: "Eh, the article seems dumbed-down to below the level where meaningful information can be transmitted. Too much metaphor, not enough physics.

Hey, maybe if two such articles are transmitted simultaneously through chilled readers' brains, they'll emerge as a single entangled nonsensical article!"


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Van B
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Posted: 26th Sep 2013 16:10
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Please no :/ - what the heck is geek culture trying to do to me this week!

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Wolf
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Posted: 26th Sep 2013 16:21
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Quote: "When blasting photons (something to do with light) through rubidium atoms (some other stuff),"


I'm getting an antiintellectual vibe from this article.



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Phaelax
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Posted: 26th Sep 2013 17:56
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The actual article on phys.org reads better than that msn summary.

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Serge Adjo
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Posted: 26th Sep 2013 22:42
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hmmmm, I don't understand ... is it really possible ?
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