Two studies fill in gaps about the cosmos’s ordinary matter. One maps it all, even the “missing matter.” The other details one of its hiding spots.

It is possible to make a material emit more radiation than it absorbs, violating the laws of physics in a way that could make ...

There are lots of situations where getting a look at the human brain can be very helpful. Unfortunately, our heads are ...

Traditional medical tests often require clinical samples to be sent off-site for analysis in a time-intensive and expensive ...

A team of researchers has developed a novel method for using cholesteric liquid crystals in optical microcavities. The ...

Scientists are using trapped ions in cutting-edge experiments to hunt for signs of an undiscovered particle that might help unravel the mystery of dark matter. The Standard Model of particle physics o ...

The Rochester Quantum Network transmits information by sending single photons through two fiber-optic telecommunications ...

Quantum tunnelling — when a particle skips through a barrier that classical physics would forbid — happens faster when objects have less energy, find physicists who worked out a way to probe photons ...

This quantum network also supported the teleportation experiment and established the record in the longest distance of the ...

According to scientists at the University of Toronto, “negative time”, which was previously considered an illusion, has ...

In its first year alone, it will double the amount of data collected so far by every other instrument in the history of ...

Nick Stone discusses some of the many ways in which light can be used for diagnostic and therapeutic applications ...