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| Dec 15, 2018 at 6:08 | comment | added | Criticizing Israel not allowed | So they injected a cell with lasing material, gave it an energy source, and put it in a laser cavity, and it lased? Not surprising given that they've just assembled a laser using a cell as scaffolding. The only surprising fact could be that the cell wasn't harmed, but then again, it was a weak laser. | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 4:18 | comment | added | Thom Blair III | Ooo! That's awesome...great idea! | |
| Aug 30, 2018 at 20:22 | comment | added | Michael Brown | Couldn't the tapetum lucidum act as a mirror for a laser...it's the organ at the back of dogs eyes that make them shine. Our organic laser could use a similar construct et voila! | |
| Oct 19, 2016 at 17:36 | comment | added | Thom Blair III | Hmm. Well, if they can get the cells to laze at all, my guess is they will eventually be able to figure out how to make an optical cavity with biological mirrors. | |
| Oct 19, 2016 at 13:13 | comment | added | Sir Cornflakes | The mirrors were provided by the experimenters and aren't biological. | |
| Oct 19, 2016 at 8:30 | history | edited | Thom Blair III | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 19, 2016 at 8:17 | history | edited | Thom Blair III | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 19, 2016 at 8:00 | history | answered | Thom Blair III | CC BY-SA 3.0 |