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

A new theoretical study suggests fusion reactors could do more than generate energy, they might also produce particles linked to dark matter. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati say they have ...

Physicists have taken a gemstone better known for engagement rings and turned it into a laboratory for one of the strangest ...

A simple burst of visible light can now create skin-safe electrodes that could transform medical and wearable electronics.

Imaging technology has transformed how we observe the universe—from mapping distant galaxies with radio telescope arrays to ...

A new theory of "dark photons" attempted to explain a centuries-old experiment in a new way this year, in an effort to change ...

New lensless imaging system uses sensor arrays and computation to deliver wide-field, sub-micron optical resolution.

Researchers have pushed light control into a regime that used to belong strictly to theory, steering optical waves at the ...

From this chilly vantage point, Villareal can see his monitor and also the top half of 270 Park Avenue, the new JPMorgan ...

Ocean Optics reports on how spectroscopy revolutionizes research by utilizing light to analyze materials, improving accuracy ...

New method identifies altermagnets by signatures from circularly polarized light, validated in MnTe, speeding discovery for ...