The 2023 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to three scientists who created pulses of light so short they can be used to watch the inner workings of atoms. Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne ...

The physics department at UC Santa Barbara houses its own powerful particle accelerator that accelerates electrons to 99.4% of the speed of light: The Sherwin Group’s ability to produce short and ...

Light is usually described using quantum mechanics when phenomena like entanglement enter the picture. But a new paper shows ...

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Take, for instance, quantum entanglement, which says that the state of one particle can be determined by examining the state ...

Two ghostlike particles, neutrinos and photons, are emerging as unlikely combatants in a quiet revolution in physics. New ...

If ever spotted in the emptiness of space, according to theoretical physicist Eugeny Babichev of the University of ...

Researchers at Tampere University and the University of Eastern Finland have reached a milestone in a study where they derived a new kind of wave equation, which applies for accelerating waves. The ...

A new experiment has demonstrated something that sounds physically impossible – light itself casting a shadow. It turns out that if you manipulate a laser just right, then hit it side-on with another ...

This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features Alex May, whose research explores the intersection of quantum ...