An experiment 180 years ago first demonstrated a connection between light and electromagnetism – but the link is deeper than ...

New multiscale simulations help crack long-standing mysteries behind the enormous radio arcs generated when galaxy clusters ...

In a new study published in Nature Physics, researchers have demonstrated that quantum light, particularly bright squeezed ...

Simple chemistry could give the reindeer his famously bright snout. But physics would make it look different colors from the ground.

The spin-off VM Photonics GmbH delivers ultra-stable and 10 times purer laser light for high-precision optical measurements ...

For nearly two centuries, physics textbooks have treated light as magnetically indifferent to the materials it passes through ...

A world-famous light experiment from 1801 has now been carried out with sound for the first time. Research by physicists in ...

Scientists found a way to transform light into a solid form. They banded together and came up with an experiment that changed ...

Exploring the physics phenomenon where light waves penetrate a boundary even when total internal reflection occurs.

Business innovation: VM Photonics GmbH is a spin-off of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute; AEI) and Leibniz University Hannover. It offers ultra-precise ...

By studying the theoretical limits of how light can be used to perform computation, Cornell researchers have uncovered new ...

Researchers built a computer that performs AI calculations at light speed in a single shot. The breakthrough can help AI ...