University of Illinois Physics Professor Paul Kwiat and members of his research group have developed a new tool for precision ...

A new study challenges the traditional interpretation of the cosmic microwave background, this fossil light from the Big Bang. Researchers from the universities of Bonn, Prague, and Nanjing propose a ...

Repulsive gravity at the quantum scale would have flattened out inhomogeneities in the early universe First light ... background, as imaged by the European Space Agency’s Planck mission. (Courtesy: ...

A team of researchers proposes a surprising origin for dark matter. Their model draws inspiration from the remarkable ...

Physicists convert beams of light into frictionless supersolid, first step toward advanced quantum materials and future ...

Physicists have discovered that placing a particle at the center of a mirror can silence quantum noise by making it ...

This first light is called the "Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)," leftover radiation ... it has basically captured imprints from all these physics, and carries it with it when it today." ...

Scientists have discovered a way to convert fluctuating lasers into remarkably stable beams that defy classical physics, ...

Elliptical galaxies are some of the oldest types of galaxies in the universe. They formed relatively quickly after the Big ...

This research, published in the journal Nature Physics on March 20, describes how the researchers were able to make two photons of light interact and measure the difference between these ...

Scientists have succeeded in making light behave like a "supersolid" for ... Do you have a question about physics? Let us know via [email protected].

“We’ve known for over a century that light sometimes behaves like a wave, and sometimes like a particle, but reconciling those two frameworks has proven extremely difficult,” said Dr. Xiao-Feng Qian, ...