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2/19    Speed of light reduced to 38mph in a Bottle of Bosons!
        <DEAD>ars-www.uchicago.edu/~grier/jficol/winter/hau<DEAD>
        \_ You can now say that you drive faster than the speed of light.
        \_ Physics police: I think you meant "propagation speed of light",
           or something similar.           NOT the same thing.
           \_ thats how a physicist would use "speed of light", and for what peo
              ple generaly refer to as the "speed of light" would be the speed
              of light in a vacuum.
              -arrogant cs guy who pretends to know physics police
        \_ They actually expect to slow it to 120 feet/hour. Here's a more
           complete story: http://www.hotcoco.com/stories/light0218.htm
           \_ cool link. One of the things they didn't state is that it sounds
              like this may allow for ultra-high-res visible-spectrum
              microscopes and telescopes
        \_ I guess "Warp Speed" is a reality now
                \- in an interesting personal note, einstein's son taught here
                and S.N. Bose's grandson went here. --psb
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