R esearchers in Birmingham have created the first image of a photon, a lemon-shaped particle of light emitted from the ...

A computational paradigm that can accurately simulate interactions between powerful laser beams and quantum fluctuations in a ...

Quantum plasmonic biosensors enable self-illumination for real-time, label-free diagnostics with scalable point-of-care applications.

Imagine detecting a single trillionth of a gram of a molecule—like an amino acid—using just electricity and a chip smaller ...

Scientists can now snap ultra-powerful laser pulses in one shot. RAVEN reveals distortions instantly, unlocking breakthroughs ...

In 1905, Albert Einstein first proposed that light is also made of particles, and in 1926, American chemist Gilbert Newton Lewis coined the term “photon” for such particles.

But axions were pushed aside as the WIMPs hypothesis gained more steam. Back-of-the-envelope calculations showed that the ...

If photons possess more quantum states than expected, it would overhaul our understanding of all particle physics – and now physicists have identified a way to test this radical idea in an ...

The first direct visualization of the shape of a photon has been created. These particles of light are impossible to photograph, but UK physicists have now calculated their wave function to ...

Scientists at EPFL have created a revolutionary biosensor that doesn't need a light source—it makes its own glow using ...

Light's quantum behavior is well established, with over 100 years of experiments showing it can exist in both wave and particle form.But our fundamental understanding of this quantum nature is ...

Light's quantum behavior is well established, with over 100 years of experiments showing it can exist in both wave and particle form.But our fundamental understanding of this quantum nature is ...