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Published online 26 January 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010201-2

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Rosy glow on information horizon

Electrons are teaming up with particles of light to shift messages around. Philip Ball explains why this is an awkward, if promising, double act.

Electrons have made this the Age of Information. Now, increasingly, electrons are teaming up with photons -- particles of light -- to shift messages around.

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