It’s one of those days…
..You know that reality is warping strangely when the perceived confluence density of events in a single day borders on the ridiculous and stories like this one appear on Slashdot…
“Slowing down light used to be considered a neat trick for physics wonks. But researchers in New York now say they’ve pushed light into reverse. And as if to defy common sense, the backward-moving light travels faster than light.”
O-okay, that’s enough accumulated weirdness for one day; whoever’s standing closest to the “Reality Warm Reboot” toggle, please throw it now :-ppp
Other “slow-light” related headlines from Slashdot:
- Optical Computer Made From Frozen Light (14/4/05)
- Storing Light In Chips (21/2/04)
- Scientists Freeze Pulse Of Light (11/12/03)
- Light Slowed Down To 127 mph (1/4/03)
- Light Stopped, Held And Re-emitted By A Crystal (9/1/02)
- Light Traveling at 38 Miles an Hour (18/2/99)
and an unrelated -but just as stunning- older breakthrough:
- Mastering Light (22/5/03)
302 years after the publication of Newton’s Opticks, the field remains as fascinating as ever…
