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Published online 30 January 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020128-3
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Car work for quantum mechanics
A quantum afterburner extracts laser light from vehicle exhaust.
The hot gases belching out of your car's exhaust are not just useless waste. They are a laser waiting to happen, says physicist Marlan Scully1.
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