Light faster than the speed of light?

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Light faster than the speed of light?

19 August 2005, 21:58

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-08/epfd-ltt081905.php

[A team of international scientists nobody heard of] were able not only to slow light down by a factor of three from its well â€“ established speed c of 300 million meters per second in a vacuum, but they've also accomplished the considerable feat of speeding it up â€“ making light go faster than the speed of light.

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20 August 2005, 06:20

time travel in a tardis?

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20 August 2005, 10:10

Black hole powered wormholes?
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21 August 2005, 09:16

Gwunkas in bunka kwunks!?!?

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21 August 2005, 11:57

Looks like they're using a seperate beam of light to generate phonons in the glass.
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