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11/22/2024 02:33:27 am

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Photons

Fly by light

LightSail 2 to Test Solar Propulsion -- or Flight by Light -- in Earth Orbit

As light reflects off a sail, most of its momentum is transferred, pushing on the sail.

Fiber Optics

Researchers Slow Down the Speed of Light to 180 km/h

By coupling cesium atoms in an ultrathin glass fiber, Viennese researchers have slow down the speed of light to 180 km/h.

Credit cards

Quantum Mechanics will soon Protect Personal Data

Uncrackable quantum authentication uses the unique quantum properties of light.

Invisible

'Time Cloak' Conceals Events Rather than Objects

This cloak conceals events rather than objects and can hide secret messages through a trick of light.

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First Ever Photon Interaction in Fiber System Could Boost Quantum Technology

This method creates indirect photon coupling.

Fibre

The First Moments Of The Universe Recreated by Turning Light Into Matter

Scientists of the Imperial College of London have discovered a way to prove an 80 year-old theory that light can be materialized, thus recreating part of the first moments of the universe.

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