A cloak in time: Physicists hide lab events for trillionths of a second

[plasticseam]

In his final battle against evil on the big screen, Harry Potter could have used a newfound type of cloak: one that hides not objects in space, but events in time.

Like filmmakers cutting together a movie, physicists have found a way to temporarily tear a hole in a beam of light. Events that occur during a brief period of time remain unseen, as

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[jugglingeggs]

This is ridiculously cool.

[squeeful]

SO.

FUCKING.

COOL.

[theartema]

...a mere eight-minute gap would require a device the size of the solar system, McCall estimates.

Psh. Remember how gigantic the first computers were? Pour enough funding and time into it and it'll get smaller and more efficient.

That said, this is BAD. ASS.

[keithmex17]

[sillysallyfckup]

amazing amazing amazing amazing