Light has been transformed into a ‘supersolid’ for the first time
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2470908-light-has-been-transformed-into-a-supersolid-for-the-first-time/
Light has been transformed into a ‘supersolid’ for the first time
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2470908-light-has-been-transformed-into-a-supersolid-for-the-first-time/
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An odd solid that can flow like a fluid has been created from light for the first time. Studying it will help researchers better understand exotic quantum states of matter.
If photos and massless, then how can mass be created from them? In other words, what makes mass?
Here’s a video about how to make negative “mass” using light, (not antimatter, this is different) but I would call it negative energy instead of mass. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqUc6IVUrJs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqUc6IVUrJs)
Again, I don’t see the “mass” here.
(I can’t read the article. It’s blocked for “article limit reached”, even though I haven’t read New Scientist in years. Weird.)
Suddenly Portal 2 mentioned with their hard-light bridges .
I think John Campbell wrote about solidified light in a sci fi book long ago, and the notion stuck with me.
I was all excited that we might be a step closer to StarTrek replicators with the headline… but alas, we’re only like 1/10000000000000000 of a step closer.
Still cool though.
Btw, if y’all don’t know; replicators work by turning light / energy into matter.
I hold the belief when we’re reduced to our primordial element, its light that we originated from. This is fucking cool. 😎