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Physicists create Star Wars-style 3D projections — just don’t call them holograms

Laser and particle system produces three-dimensional moving images that appear to float in thin air.
  1. Elizabeth Gibney
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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-01125-y

Read the related News & Views article: 'Trapped particle makes 3D images'.

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