Light can do more than illuminate a material. In some cases, it can temporarily change how electrons move through it.

MIT physicists have performed an idealized version of one of the most famous experiments in quantum physics. Their findings demonstrate, with atomic-level precision, the dual yet evasive nature of ...

Shaped quantum light is turning ordinary photons into powerful tools for the future of technology.

Researchers in Konstanz discovered a way to manipulate materials with light by exciting magnon pairs, reshaping their magnetic “fingerprint.” This allows non-thermal control of magnetic states and ...

Researchers from The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have reported the first ...

Collaborative research demonstrates unprecedented degree of control over propagation of light waves to perform machine-learning computations Figure 1: (A) The fundamental unit of an artificial neural ...

Photons, for centuries both a puzzle and a tool, continue to help scientists illuminate nature at the smallest and largest scales. Photons, the fundamental particles of the electromagnetic field that ...

Flashes like Cherenkov radiation in space may reveal negative-energy ghosts, hinting at gaps in gravity theories.