Photons are particles of light, or waves, or something like that, right? [Mithuna Yoganathan] explains this conundrum in more detail than you probably got in your high school physics class. While ...

In a groundbreaking achievement, scientists have successfully captured the precise shape of a single photon, marking a ...

What is the purpose of light? How does light work? Why does light exist? This video explores the longstanding debate over ...

The first direct visualization of the shape of a photon has been created. These particles of light are impossible to photograph, but physicists at the University of Birmingham have now calculated ...

The Large Hadron Collider may soon uncover the secrets of dark photons. Should we be scared? (Spoiler: no). Back in the summer of 2022, TikTok lost its mind over news that the Large Hadron Collider — ...

Scientists working on CERN’s Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment have published the latest data in their search for a long-lived exotic particle known as the dark photon. Dark photons (also called ...

As far as particles of light are concerned, the collective is more important than the individual. When they get to decide ...

Researchers have developed a technique that makes high-dimensional quantum information encoded in light more practical and reliable. The advancement could pave the way for more secure data ...

Alessandro Fedrizzi is in the School of Engineering & Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 AS, UK. Read the paper: Energy–speed relationship of quantum particles challenges ...

Life, for the most part, is bathed in light. The sun immerses the planet in energy that supports the vast majority of ecosystems that call Earth home. In a new study published in the journal iScience, ...