A team of scientists from Harvard University and MIT have brought to life 
everyone's favorite fictional weapon: the lightsaber. Well, sort of. For the first time ever, scientists have bound together photons -- massless particles of light that don't normally interact with one another -- to create a new type of photon material. Before you get too excited, know that this breakthrough is more likely to advance quantum computing rather than the arguably more important industry of lightsaber development. To read more, check the link here
 
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