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Scientists Work Out How to Turn Light Into Matter

Posted May 19, 2014 7:07 AM

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Imperial College London physicists have discovered how to create matter from light, a development that validates a theory first proposed by Breit and Wheeler in 1934.  

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05/19/2014 9:44 AM

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05/20/2014 9:07 PM

"...a development that validates a theory first proposed by Breit and Wheeler in 1934."

Is that a fact?

I'd have bet that it was first "proposed" thousands of years ago, by a fellow named Moses.

(light into matter, that is... I'll read the article later, in the context of 'for what it's worth'.)

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