Astronomers found evidence that dark matter and neutrinos may interact, hinting at a "fundamental breakthrough" that ...

Simulation of Rydberg arrays inside optical cavity shows photons and atoms don’t always rapidly settle at same temperature ...

Quantum technologies are cutting-edge systems that can process, transfer, or store information leveraging quantum mechanical ...

Red blood cells are essential for oxygen transport and immune function in the human body. When these cells become abnormally shaped, they can indicate serious health conditions, including diabetes, ...

The Wordle word of the day on December 25 was prism, a word that feels almost unfairly elegant for something so relentlessly honest. A prism exists to intervene between appearance and understanding, ...

The speed of light is one of the most fundamental constants in physics, yet it has never been directly measured in one direction. Instead, scientists rely on assumptions built into how time and ...

A device produces green light while a researcher in lab gear stands in the background. This OLED device, which is held by a mechanical support, is producing circularly polarized light. Credit: ...

1 Center for Advanced Laser Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, China 2 Hebei Key Laboratory of Advanced Laser Technology and Equipment, Tianjin, China AlGaN-based deep ultraviolet ...

A new single-layer chiral metasurface detects circularly polarized light efficiently, offering a compact, high-performance alternative to bulky optical systems. (Nanowerk News) Detecting circularly ...

Scientists built a chiral metal-organic framework that boosts circularly polarized light, achieving record luminescence and offering a new design path for optical materials. (Nanowerk News) A research ...

Ultrathin structures that can bend, focus, or filter light, metasurfaces are reshaping how scientists think about optics. These engineered materials offer precise control over lights behavior, but ...

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright visited the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) on Aug. 20 at a pivotal time for the race toward reliable fusion energy, which decisions ...