For more than 40 years, scientists have known that the quantum Hall effect impacts electrons in strong magnetic fields, but it turns out light also follows the fundamental phenomenon.

For the first time, a quantum radiation reaction in strong electromagnetic fields has been demonstrated experimentally by ...

The controlled generation of single photons is an essential element of numerous quantum technology applications, such as ...

Scientists studying a mysterious effect called cosmic birefringence—a subtle twist in the polarization of the universe’s oldest light—have developed a new way to reduce uncertainty in how it’s ...

Scientists observe a visible time crystal for the first time, revealing a phase of matter that repeats patterns through time.

Warp drive research has long occupied the narrow corridor between elegant mathematics and science-fiction wish fulfillment. A recent theoretical result pushes that corridor open a little wider by ...

Researchers created a technique to reduce uncertainty in cosmic birefringence measurements, resolving a key phase ambiguity and improving future studies of fundamental physics.

A twisted pair of photonic crystals integrated with MEMS can dynamically control the handedness of light on a chip.

In a distant part of our cosmos, an intriguing new world exists. This newly discovered exoplanet, identified as L 98-59 d, seems to play host to a rare type of planetary environment.

Physicists just discovered a brand-new particle that appears to be an exotic cousin to the protons and neutrons that make up ...

Tuesday, March 17, 2026 Time: 4 – 5 p.m. Location: Olsen Hall 503 Seemantini Nadkarni, Associate Professor of Dermatology at Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard ...

Light released by a distant star does not simply wink out after crossing some threshold of space. In a vacuum, photons keep moving indefinitely, and astronomers routinely detect light that has ...