Scientists discover light could exist in a previously unknown form

>>8251729
>New research suggests that it is possible to create a new form of light by binding light to a single electron, combining the properties of both.

That don't make no sense

>>8251729
>lead to circuits that work with packages of light - photons - instead of electrons

...we already have that. The field covering it is called photonics.

>>8251757
>>8251751
This is the top post in reddit /r/science

Are you saying that they upvoted junkscience to the top?

>>8251729
>posts a pop-sci link on an actual science board.
Enjoy being ridiculed as people tear the article apart for having no connection to actual science.

>>8251773
>implying even half of the people who visit this board know anything about science

>>8251769
>reddit

>>8251773
>/sci/
>an actual science board
o i am laffin

>>8251729
The golf ball are a bit off the surface..., it's a liquid ball so it does can't roll?

>>8251773
>http://www.opli.net/opli_magazine/eo/2016/scientists-discover-light-could-exist-in-a-previously-unknown-form-aug-news/
The link was in the article you dingbat.

Where did they find this unknown form and since they just made it known why don't they just tell us the name.

Seems like a ruse.

smells like memescience

>>8252027
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2016/160805/ncomms12375/full/ncomms12375.html

"It is rarely the case that a single electron affects the behaviour of several hundred thousands of atoms. Here we demonstrate a phenomenon where this happens. The key role is played by topological insulators—materials that have surface states protected by time-reversal symmetry. Such states are delocalized over the surface and are immune to its imperfections in contrast to ordinary insulators. For topological insulators, the effects of these surface states will be more strongly pronounced in the case of nanoparticles. Here we show that under the influence of light a single electron in a topologically protected surface state creates a surface charge density similar to a plasmon in a metallic nanoparticle. Such an electron can act as a screening layer, which suppresses absorption inside the particle. In addition, it can couple phonons and light, giving rise to a previously unreported topological particle polariton mode. These effects may be useful in the areas of plasmonics, cavity electrodynamics and quantum information."

new form of light alright

Sounds good. Hopefully it revolutionizes alot of fields.

>>8251773
It will be a science board once /x/ posters get banned

>>8252754

>Hey /sci/ what if [PARANORMAL EVENT] is reall?????
>Hey /sci/ do you believe in [pseudoscience]????
>/sci/, give me the answer to something scientists are still struggling with

90% of this board, the other 10% are career pissing contests.

THERE ARE NO DISCOVERIES ONLY REVELATIONS

also sage

>>8251769
underwelmed