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Photons behave very strangely if you try to cut them
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solo slrpnk.net solo@slrpnk.net
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Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20260530173907/https://www.newscientist.com/article/2528339-photons-behave-very-strangely-if-you-try-to-cut-them/

Particles of light cannot be divided into smaller particles, but if you try to snip off the end of one, instead of shortening it multiplies

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unfortunate_ferret piefed.ca obelisk_complex@piefed.ca
Joined: 2026-02-11
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solo slrpnk.net solo@slrpnk.net
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unfortunate_ferret wrote:
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Waving to you :)
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Tiresia slrpnk.net Tiresia@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2024-07-16
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Isn't this basic quantum physics? Narrow down the position, increase momentum, increase energy, make extra photon.

After reading the article: ah, it's about them confirming this experimentally. Cool that they got the shutter to go that fast.
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Klear piefed.world Klear@piefed.world
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solo wrote:
Waving to you :)

The duality of man light
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Dippy beehaw.org Dippy@beehaw.org
Joined: 2024-02-21
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People also behave strangely when i try to cut them
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Mac mander.xyz Mac@mander.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-14
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Uh, yeah? I would too—leave them alone
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