German scientists have laid the groundwork for the next generation of quantum technologies by developing an ultra-fast, ultra ...

Einstein’s claim that the speed of light is constant has survived more than a century of scrutiny—but scientists are still ...

Light can do more than illuminate a material. In some cases, it can temporarily change how electrons move through it. That ...

Shaped quantum light is turning ordinary photons into powerful tools for the future of technology.

Light is usually described using quantum mechanics when phenomena like entanglement enter the picture. But a new paper shows ...

Quantum entanglement happens when two particles become interconnected and share a single state. Scientists have measured how ...

Scientists are learning to engineer light in rich, multidimensional ways that dramatically increase how much information a ...

What if you could create new materials just by shining a light at them? To most, this sounds like science fiction or alchemy, ...

Scientists have shown that it may be possible to transform materials simply by triggering internal quantum ripples rather ...

Nanomechanical systems developed at TU Wien have now reached a level of precision and miniaturization that will allow them to ...

Can quantum physics enable better, cheaper, faster satellite photos? In a month or two, a startup will test a “quantum camera ...

This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features Alex May, whose research explores the intersection of quantum ...