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...Sean R. Garner on the study, matter is easier to manipulate than light, which implies many future applications of their discovery. When the light pulse is in a matter state between BECs, “we can grab it with a laser beam—put it on the shelf so to speak—and later let it back on its way and revive it in the second BEC,” Hau said. During this “shelved” period, the matter wave can be manipulated by physicists and will preserve any changes when...
...told me that the time of waiting was over and that I must face the Red Guards. ''Open the gate!'' someone shouted. ''Are you all dead? Why don't you open the gate?'' As my servant let the Guards in, I stood up to put my book on the shelf. A copy of the Constitution of the People's Republic caught my eye. Taking it in my hand, I went downstairs. The Red Guards were 30 or 40 high school students, aged between 15 and 20, led by two men and one woman who were much older -- the ''teachers...
...full-size (21-by-16-in.) book called So Many Splendid Sundays, created with love and by Peter Maresca, a former designer at Apple. As an art book, it's as gorgeous as any devoted to Michelangelo or Matisse, and the reproductions are better. You may not find a shelf with vertical space big enough to hold this book; and don't put it on a coffee table (whose service it would nearly cover), less you spill some frappuccino on it. But buy and treasure it - and hope that, unlike my copy, yours doesn't have one 16-page section...
Poison isn’t very appetizing; unfortunately, it pervades much of the American diet. Trans fat, after all, is just a poison that happens to be cheaper to produce and boast a longer shelf life than healthier fats and oils. The New York City Board of Health in December voted to eliminate the substance from restaurants city-wide by 2008. The unprecedented ban should serve as an example for a similar Cambridge initiative...
...told. "I wrote Grace Kelly as a kind of reaction to that, as a little kind of stick-you to the music industry," says Mika. On it he sings, "Should I bend over/ Should I look older just to be put on your shelf...