Talk:Lene Hau

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http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2001/01.24/01-stoplight.html

"In 1999, she led a team from Harvard University"! Is this right? I beleive she was at the Rowland Institute at that time - fnielsen 00:16, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How could she get a postdoc two years before she got her doctorate? Is this right? 211.225.32.200 05:38, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"[T]ransformed light into matter and back into light" is not exactly what happened. The distinction between light, matter and information needs to be made, and glib non-scientific statements removed, This part needs to be clarified or removed, otherwise it is a vanity piece.

For further reference

Lene Vestergaard Hau, S.E. Harris, Zachary Dutton, Cyrus H. Behroozi, Nature v.397, p.594 (1999).

--Charles Gaudette (talk) 18:15, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]