More than 200 years ago, physicist Thomas Young amazed the scientific world when he showed that light behaves like both a ...

Physicists from Imperial College London have achieved a groundbreaking milestone in quantum physics by reimagining the ...

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

Everyday life on the internet is insecure. Hackers can break into bank accounts or steal digital identities. Driven by AI, ...

A team of physicists affiliated with multiple institutions in China has measured a pulse of light in 37 dimensions. In their paper published in Science Advances, the group explains that their ...

TL;DR: This experiment may not revolutionize telecommunications, but it highlights how accessible these concepts have become outside traditional research labs. Using nothing more than an iPad, a solar ...

NORFOLK, Va. — A light year is exactly what it sounds like: the distance light travels in one year. If you need to get somewhere quick, you'd want to jump on this train because light travels through ...

An unprecedented experiment seven years in the making has shaken the field of neuroscience. Researchers set out to answer one of science’s most puzzling questions: Where does consciousness come from?

Powered by laser light, this tiny sail lays the groundwork for future advances in lightsail technology and the potential for interstellar propulsion. Reading time 3 minutes A team of researchers at ...

An unprecedented brain study has delivered fresh clues about consciousness—suggesting it's more about perception than planning. Two leading theories went head-to-head, but neither emerged victorious.