Researchers at Tsinghua University developed the Optical Feature Extraction Engine (OFE2), an optical engine that processes ...

According to calculations from IFLScience's resident astronomer, Dr Alfredo Carpineti, using data from NASA's Eyes on the Solar System, this will occur on November 13, 2026. After this date, the probe ...

Time would pass differently on Earth for travelers moving at light speed, with thousands of years potentially elapsing while ...

What would it really take to travel at or beyond the speed of light? In this video, we break down the hard physics Hollywood skips: why nothing with mass can reach light speed, how energy needs ...

Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in light manipulation by using topological insulators to generate both even and odd terahertz frequencies through high-order harmonic generation (HHG). By ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Vienna team stitched together slices of light to create snapshots. At rest (left), the cube ...

Ghost particles' can zoom through you without a trace. Scientists are getting to the bottom of this cosmic mystery ...

Florida Atlantic University neuroscientists have uncovered a surprising role for a protein named "Frazzled" (known as DCC in ...

A new theoretical study led by University of Delaware engineers reveals that magnons, a type of magnetic spin wave, can produce detectable electric signals. Pictured, Matt Doty, professor in the ...

Frequency combs split laser light into dozens of colors that each represent their own optical channel, allowing for faster ...

A scientist spotted an asteroid hiding in the sun's glare that orbits the sun in just 128 days, making it the second fastest ...

Most of us generally think of precipitation in terms of three varieties: rain, snow, and sleet. But for meteorologists and ...