Complex fluids, such as polymer melts and concentrated suspensions, are foundational materials for industrial products, ...

"Dark photon" theory says light's interference patterns may emerge from quantum particles, not waves, upending centuries of ...

You are watching a long-standing assumption in physics and engineering quietly fall apart. Researchers at Northwestern ...

From integrated photonics to quantum information science, the ability to control light with electric fields -- a phenomenon known as the electro-optic effect -- supports vital applications such as ...

Cameras are everywhere. For over two centuries, these devices have grown increasingly popular and proven to be so useful, they have become an indispensable part of modern life. Today, they are ...

Some processes in physics happen in the blink of an eye while others happen in the blink of a photon. This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Pierre Agostini of the Ohio State University, ...

Newton’s experiment remains almost insultingly simple. Sunlight, a darkened room, a glass prism. The conclusion was unavoidable. Colour belonged to light itself. The prism merely made it visible.

In a first, researchers from the U.S. and Germany excite Thorium-229 in opaque material, advancing optical nuclear clocks.

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