Australian scientists just froze light like Kylo Ren from Star Wars

By Rae Johnston
Updated October 3 2016 - 11:33am, first published September 27 2016 - 11:35am
Kylo Ren uses the force to stop a blaster beam before it can hit him in <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i>.
Kylo Ren uses the force to stop a blaster beam before it can hit him in <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i>.
A cloud of atoms used to make the stationary light. Photo: Supplied
A cloud of atoms used to make the stationary light. Photo: Supplied

Physicists at The Australian National University (ANU) have brought quantum computing a step closer to reality by stopping light in a new experiment.

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