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Light-Based ‘Swimmer’ Reported Moving Upstream in Quantum Fluid

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Physicists have created a light-based “swimmer,” according to reports by Phys.org, New Scientist and ZME Science. Phys.org described the swimmer as moving upstream through a quantum fluid. The outlets described the swimmer’s behavior as violating Newton’s third law of motion.

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