Imperial physicists have recreated the famous double-slit experiment, which showed light behaving as particles and a wave, in time rather than space. The experiment relies on materials that can change ...

And an international team of physicists appears to have found just such a loophole: the only thing that goes faster than ...

Physicists have directly tracked tiny points of darkness in laser light racing faster than light itself, without breaking Einstein’s rules. The new measurements show that these “dark points” in a ...

Scientists experimentally confirmed what we’ve known to be true for half a century—darkness can “travel” faster than light.

NEW YORK, March 13, 2023 — When we look in a mirror, we are used to seeing our faces looking back at us. The reflected images are produced by electromagnetic light waves bouncing off of the mirrored ...

Scientists review research on gravitational wave detectors as a historical example of quantum technologies and examine the fundamental research on the connection between quantum physics and gravity.

Light has always been described as an elegant partnership of electric and magnetic fields, yet for nearly two centuries physicists treated the magnetic side as a quiet background player. New ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we dive into fascinating ideas from around the universe. You can sign up for Lost in Space-Time here. When physicist ...