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Old 07-22-2007, 03:08 PM
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Light is interesting, light isnt mass, light is a wave. But it displays a dual nature, it functions as both a particle and a wave. Light travels in discrete "packets" of energy, photons.

And to Alpha, ya the LHC has some crazy stuff planed for it, my physx teacher studies particle physics and was obviously really excited. I hope they still are on track to fire it up in November.
I get to work on linear accelerators at work (i work in radiation oncology), but its hard to comprehend the amount of power this new machine has
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