For nearly two centuries, physics textbooks have treated light as magnetically indifferent to the materials it passes through, a pure messenger of energy and information that leaves magnetic order ...

Researchers discovered that when atoms interact and remain entangled with light, they emit stronger, more coordinated bursts ...

Researchers from the School of Physics at Wits University, working with collaborators from the Universitat Autònoma de ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Vision is the perception of light. To comprehend the nature of human vision, an understanding of the properties ...

Physicists tested light speed using cosmic gamma-ray bursts. Study confirms Einstein's prediction that all light colors travel at same speed.

Light's behavior seems counterintuitive. That is, until you figure out light is a wave. The way light behaves can seem very counterintuitive, and many physicists would agree with that, but once you ...

A new laser based on a swirling vortex of light has been created by physicists in the US. The “topological-defect laser” could be a useful addition to lab-on-a-chip devices, where it could manipulate ...

Light can’t seem to keep itself together—at least in two dimensions—according to new findings from the University of Colorado Boulder. This research found that when a dimension is removed from light’s ...

UK artist Alison Stott has created a new glass and light artwork – entitled Naturally Focused – that is inspired by the work of theoretical physicist Michael Berry from the University of Bristol.

Like your shoelaces or electrical cords, light can get twisted into knots. Now, scientists have used a computer-controlled hologram and theoretical physics to turn a light beam into pretzel-like ...