For the first time, researchers measured singularities in combined light and sound waves moving faster than the speed of ...

(Aitor Diago/Moment/Getty Images) For the first time, physicists have observed that 'holes' in light can move faster than the light itself. They're known as phase singularities or optical vortices, ...

In a mind-warping milestone experiment, scientists have been able to manipulate small numbers of individual photons of light, opening doors for the development of quantum technologies. This research, ...

A team of physicists has done something that sounds impossible: they filmed points of absolute darkness racing through a beam ...

Two of the forefathers of quantum theory, Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr, had a famous argument over whether light is a wave ...

An artistic view of the subwavelength grating made of layered molybdenum diselenide. (E. Pruszyńska-Karbownik/Faculty of ...

Scientists experimentally confirmed what we’ve known to be true for half a century—darkness can “travel” faster than light.

Researchers generated stable vortex light in its lowest-energy state using liquid crystal traps and optical confinement.

Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The 2023 Nobel Prize in physics has been ...

The 2023 Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier for their work on generating ultra-short pulses of light to study how electrons move through ...

Superradiance When multiple electrons emit light in a coordinated manner, the resulting emission is much stronger than the sum of individual emissions. (Courtesy ...