The bizarre discovery, detailed in a study that has yet to be peer-reviewed, stems from an experiment in which photons were fired into a cloud of atoms cooled to just above absolute zero. In cases where the photons passed through without interacting, researchers found that the atoms were still briefly excited, as though the photons had been absorbed and re-emitted. Meanwhile, when the photons were absorbed, they seemed to reappear before the atoms could even become excited.

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    2 months ago

    Hmm, probably worth double checking no one was reheating their coffee in the microwave during the experiment.

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      2 months ago

      Hi,

      I created the community primarily for text based content as that’s what I primarily post, but I’m open to other types of content. I updated the community description to reflect that. And the content is a good fit.

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