"With the room lights dimmed, a greenish luminous spot the size of a pinpoint could be seen with the unaided eye, near the ...

MIT scientists have found a new way to control magnetic states in materials, potentially paving the way for advancements in ...

Does light behave more like a particle, or like a wave? Today we know the surprising answer. Here's why it took so long to ...

Using a groundbreaking new technique, researchers have unveiled the first detailed image of a photon — a single particle of ...

MIT physicists have created a new and long-lasting magnetic state in a material, using only light.

Physicists have long theorized the existence of a unique state of matter known as a quantum spin liquid. In this state, ...

Doubly unfortunate for those among us eager to visit galaxies far, far away–even moving at near lightspeed isn’t in the cards. “It’s neither possible nor survivable to travel near the speed of light ...

In the Big Bang, matter and antimatter should have been created in equal amounts. But fast forward 13.8 billion years to the ...

Theoretical physicists along with an experimental team have found evidence of a quantum spin liquid in a material known as pyrochlore cerium stannate. They achieved this by combining state-of-the-art ...