"Pulses of light have been slowed down and stopped in a solid for the first time. Alexey Turukhin of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US and colleagues used an yttrium-based crystal to slow light pulses to just 45 metres per second, and then to trap and release them. Previously, these effects had only been seen in gases, which are more difficult to control. A solid should be easier to develop into real applications, such as high-density information storage for quantum computing" - More at PhysicsWeb

Note: One month later they did the same thing at Rowland Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

PLUS! Electricity goes faster than the speed of light...(well, they cheat)