In 1999, Danish physicist Lene Hau successfully slowed down light using lasers and cooled atoms, and has continued her work with light at Harvard University. - Ask an astronomer 🧪⚗️🧫🔭🧬🥼📐 - Quora
![TIL that in 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely. : r/todayilearned TIL that in 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely. : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/62ZnXEaNdkiPBm2lIHE8xdoCmJ7-FcP0fdJI68dBv5c.jpg?auto=webp&s=5821f2efad103bf5dd3b19b084abe3018bdfd60d)
TIL that in 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely. : r/todayilearned
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Danish physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down the speed of light to 38 mph & was eventually able to manipulate it | protothemanews.com
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