However, although photons of light existed since the first second after the Big Bang, they could not yet shine across the ...

Take, for instance, quantum entanglement, which says that the state of one particle can be determined by examining the state ...

Scientists say they’ve cracked a key challenge in scalable quantum hardware after generating an error-correcting, light-based qubit on a chip for the first time.

While dark photons aren’t usually suggested as a candidate for dark matter itself, they could be force carriers just like "ordinary" photons are. More specifically, these particles of light ...

Photons usually don't interact with each other, which makes light so good for its use in communication via optical fibers, as there is little information distortion.

Scientists have succeeded in making light behave like a "supersolid" for the first time—a breakthrough that could improve our understanding of this exotic phase of matter.. A supersolid has an ...

Interactions between dark matter and dark photons during a "missing chapter" cosmic history could shed light on one of the most troubling cosmic mysteries.

Text and photos by Michael J. Meyer Anyone who has visited Ocracoke Island knows how special it is: from stunning sunsets to magnificent views of the Milky Way on a moonless night after a cold ...

For photosynthesis, one photon is all it takes. Only a single particle of light is required to spark the first steps of the biological process that converts light into chemical energy, scientists ...