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  • Experiment shows people can detect flashes of light as feeble as a single photon

    Jul 20, 2016 1:00 pm by Scientific AmericanIllinois in the News
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    Scientific American (July 19) The study “finally answers a long-standing question about whether humans can see single photons – they can!” says Paul Kwiat, a quantum optics researcher at Illinois.