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Aaron Bunch

Scientists closer to using 'quantum light' in medicine

The breakthrough could lead to advances in medical imaging and quantum computing. (Alan Porritt/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Scientists are a step closer to harnessing quantum light energy to turbo charge medical imaging and bolster the power of supercomputers.

An international team of physicists, including Australians, have for the first time identified small numbers of photons - packets of light energy - interacting.

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