A team of engineers and scientists has shown for the first time that a hard-X-ray cavity can provide net X-ray gain, with ...

A light has emerged at the end of the tunnel in the long pursuit of developing quantum computers, which are expected to ...

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

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In the strange corner of modern physics where spacetime itself becomes the engine, the old rule that nothing can outrun light ...

Light and matter can remain at separate temperatures even while interacting with each other for long periods, according to ...

The brightest quasar ever seen in the young cosmos is powered by a black hole that appears to be breaking the universe’s own ...

The use of atomic clocks could help bring cosmology and astrophysics "down to Earth" by allowing scientists to investigate the mysteries of dark energy and dark matter in the lab. When you purchase ...

Researchers at Tampere University and the University of Eastern Finland have reached a milestone in a study where they derived a new kind of wave equation, which applies for accelerating waves. The ...

A new experiment has demonstrated something that sounds physically impossible – light itself casting a shadow. It turns out that if you manipulate a laser just right, then hit it side-on with another ...