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

An ancient black hole had to take it easy after gorging itself on its local galaxy, offering hints at the exotic objects' ...

A study of more than 26,000 white dwarf stars has confirmed a long-predicted but elusive effect in these ultra-dense, dying ...

Romania is set to become a key player in advanced optical technology with the creation of a High-Power Optics Center at ...

A group of Brazilian researchers has presented an innovative proposal to resolve a decades-old debate among theoretical ...

"Imagine my head represents the COOH group," he explained as he stretched his legs, demonstrating the concept of molecular ...

Physicists are closer than ever to answering fundamental questions about the origins of the universe by learning more about ...

Using thorium films just 100 nm thick, researchers were able to detect photon emissions and verify working on the nuclear ...

German quantum physicist Christian Schneider has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant. Physicist Christian Schneider has ...

Particles of light – photons – are massless, so they normally pass right through each other. This generally means they can’t ...

The team’s ability to reliably switch an antiferromagnet to a new state using light opens the door to practical applications.

Scientists have used a pair of lasers and a supersonic sheet of gas to accelerate electrons to high energies in less than a ...