Quantum computing a step closer to reality
http://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/quantum-computing-a-step-closer-to-reality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW_80CmdV_k

"Mr Everett likened the team's experiment at ANU to a scene from Star Wars: The Force Awakens when the character Kylo Ren used the Force to stop a laser blast mid-air."

Dynamical observations of self-stabilizing stationary light
http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nphys3901.html