nucklehead Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 A group of scientists from Harvard and MIT have created a state of matter that until now has only been found in the realms of science fiction. The physicists were exploring the properties of photons – an elementary particle that is the most basic constituent of light and all other types of electromagnetic radiation – when they managed to create molecules formed from photons bound together. The discovery is startling as it goes against what scientists have previously believed to be the signature quality of photons: that they are massless particles that do not interact with each other. The capacity to create molecules out of photons has been described by the physicists involved as "pushing the frontiers of science". "Most of the properties of light we know about originate from the fact that photons are massless, and that they do not interact with each other," said Harvard Professor of Physics Mikhail Lukin in a press release published at phys.org. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magikal Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 If we can create lightsabres we have become gods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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