Scientists have made the first experimental observation of matter wave diffraction in a short-lived electron-positron atom.

A leading physicist argues the brain may operate like a quantum system—and that enhancing it could create humans who perceive ...

Two of the forefathers of quantum theory, Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr, had a famous argument over whether light is a wave or a particle. Columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan finds that the matter ha ...

A new technology allows light to be "designed" into desired forms, potentially making AI and communication technologies ...

Undergraduate researcher Taewon Kim and Professor Sangsik Kim >A new technology has been developed that allows light to be "designed ...

Researchers have shown that surprisingly large metal particles can behave according to quantum mechanics, existing in ...

(Aitor Diago/Moment/Getty Images) For the first time, physicists have observed that 'holes' in light can move faster than the light itself. They're known as phase singularities or optical vortices, ...

Modern technology demands compact, efficient optical devices for cameras, sensors, and quantum systems. Metasurfaces offer ...

Have you ever wished to drive microscopic matter along an arbitrarily tailored trajectory instead of just a circle? That's ...

How a team of developers went from sending balloons to the stratosphere to potentially reinventing connectivity ...