Physicists manage to slow down light in a vacuum
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IFLScience[^]:
By changing how some light beams rotate, the researchers from the National Institute of Physics were able to slow down light in a vacuum.
"186,000 miles per second: Not just a good idea. It's the law!"
And apologies to those offended by non-SI units. 3x10^8m/s just seems like a boring number.
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IFLScience[^]:
By changing how some light beams rotate, the researchers from the National Institute of Physics were able to slow down light in a vacuum.
"186,000 miles per second: Not just a good idea. It's the law!"
And apologies to those offended by non-SI units. 3x10^8m/s just seems like a boring number.
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IFLScience[^]:
By changing how some light beams rotate, the researchers from the National Institute of Physics were able to slow down light in a vacuum.
"186,000 miles per second: Not just a good idea. It's the law!"
And apologies to those offended by non-SI units. 3x10^8m/s just seems like a boring number.
Kent Sharkey wrote:
National Institute of Physics were able to slow down light in a vacuum.
This happens all the time. You go into a meeting and t..i...m...e.....s...l......o.....w.....s. It's because the meeting is a vacuum. hint: what do vacuums do? :laugh:
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IFLScience[^]:
By changing how some light beams rotate, the researchers from the National Institute of Physics were able to slow down light in a vacuum.
"186,000 miles per second: Not just a good idea. It's the law!"
And apologies to those offended by non-SI units. 3x10^8m/s just seems like a boring number.
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And apologies to those offended by non-SI units. 3x10^8m/s just seems like a boring number.
You can write it 300 000 km/s, that's one of the beauties with the metric unit. (Try to go from yards to miles. :))
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And apologies to those offended by non-SI units. 3x10^8m/s just seems like a boring number.
You can write it 300 000 km/s, that's one of the beauties with the metric unit. (Try to go from yards to miles. :))
See? That's just what's so boring about SI. Why just move a decimal place when you can try to remember just how many yards in a chain? Or ounces in a gallon ( US and/or Imperial)? It's just. So, so exciting! I think we could move to the FFF system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[^] for even more excitement. Alas, only three countries still share in the excitement, dooming the rest of us to easy conversions. :sigh:
TTFN - Kent
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See? That's just what's so boring about SI. Why just move a decimal place when you can try to remember just how many yards in a chain? Or ounces in a gallon ( US and/or Imperial)? It's just. So, so exciting! I think we could move to the FFF system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[^] for even more excitement. Alas, only three countries still share in the excitement, dooming the rest of us to easy conversions. :sigh:
TTFN - Kent
Here in the Philippines it is actually even more "exciting", because they mix both metric and the US system. In some stores you by a cable by the yard and in others by the meter. My favourite is the paper sizes. The following are commonly used:
Short (Letter)
A4
Long (Folio)
Legal
A3Both me and my printer are confused. And as an oddity, McDonald's is the better option because the major competitors are Jollybee and Wendy's. Must be unique in the world that McDonald's is the preferred choice. ;P
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IFLScience[^]:
By changing how some light beams rotate, the researchers from the National Institute of Physics were able to slow down light in a vacuum.
"186,000 miles per second: Not just a good idea. It's the law!"
And apologies to those offended by non-SI units. 3x10^8m/s just seems like a boring number.
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Kent Sharkey wrote:
National Institute of Physics were able to slow down light in a vacuum.
This happens all the time. You go into a meeting and t..i...m...e.....s...l......o.....w.....s. It's because the meeting is a vacuum. hint: what do vacuums do? :laugh:
My book, Launch Your Android App, is available at Amazon.com.
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IFLScience[^]:
By changing how some light beams rotate, the researchers from the National Institute of Physics were able to slow down light in a vacuum.
"186,000 miles per second: Not just a good idea. It's the law!"
And apologies to those offended by non-SI units. 3x10^8m/s just seems like a boring number.
They should just measure the speed of light in a conference room. Light slows down, everything slows down, in direct correlation to the C-level of the people occupying the room. Marc
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IFLScience[^]:
By changing how some light beams rotate, the researchers from the National Institute of Physics were able to slow down light in a vacuum.
"186,000 miles per second: Not just a good idea. It's the law!"
And apologies to those offended by non-SI units. 3x10^8m/s just seems like a boring number.
How did they come up with the bright idea to try it, anyways? Would someone enlighten me?
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