Optical rotatum” is the term researchers coined to describe a newly discovered structure of light. Beams of light that can be shaped into corkscrew-like forms, known as optical vortices, are used ...

In 1862, James Clerk Maxwell published his famous Maxwell’s equations. This was at a time when humans were just starting to ...

A century since Werner Heisenberg changed the course of physics, five of the world's leading physicists examine the greatest ...

A team of Rice University researchers reported the first direct observation of a surprising quantum phenomenon predicted over ...

“The Breakthrough Prize on April 12 is a testament to the dedication and ingenuity of the ATLAS Collaboration and our ...

In a new experiment, physicists have replicated the famous Schrödinger's cat experiment at hotter temperatures than ever before. The breakthrough is a small but significant step toward quantum ...