At first, the photons settle into a state with zero momentum, but as this state 'fills up', pairs of photons begin to spill ...

With properties of a superfluid but with a crystalline structure, supersolids have previously only been observed in ultracold ...

Amplified spontaneous emission is a physical phenomenon that entails the amplification of the light spontaneously emitted by ...

Albert Einstein shook up physics by proposing that light wasn’t just a wave, but it could also behave like a collection of ...

According to Einstein’s theory of general relativity, gravitational waves warp spacetime. In the process, they could imprint ...

Researchers at Heriot-Watt University have made a discovery that could pave the way for a transformative era in photonic ...

Researchers say what was once just a concept is now a reality, thanks to efforts led by Dr Marcello Ferrera and his team of ...

Quantum entanglement, one of the strangest and most powerful aspects of physics, has just been taken to a new level with the ...

Scientists have demonstrated how to manipulate light by using time-varying media in the form of specialized nanomaterials.

Light is closely integrated with our intellectual, philosophical and scientific discourse. The exact nature of light has remained a mystery since we stepped on earth. Newton postulated the corpuscular ...

Scientists at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland have made an incredible discovery that could change the way we use light in ...

After five years of staring unblinking at the sky, the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) has compiled the most detailed map ...