Many organisms leverage showy colors for attracting mates. Because color is a property of light (determined by its wavelength ...

A new metasurface lets scientists flip between ultra-stable light vortices, paving the way for tougher, smarter wireless communication.

Researchers have created an optical device that can generate both electric and magnetic vortex-ring-like light patterns.

New device switches terahertz pulses between electric and magnetic skyrmions On-demand control of stable toroidal vortices lays groundwork for robust wireless data e ...

New insights are emerging into one of astronomy’s most perplexing signals. An international research team led in part by ...

A single, ultrafast laser pulse has flipped the polarity of a ferromagnet without first heating it to the brink of losing its ...

Light can do more than illuminate a material. In some cases, it can temporarily change how electrons move through it.

An ominous part of space.

Researchers demonstrated a new method of cooling trapped ions using chip-based systems, which could enable more stable and scalable quantum computers and quantum sensors.

The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities warns of the danger of losing independence and being left out of research ...