Quantum Physics

Faster-than-light particles have spent decades in physics as both temptation and warning. They offered a way to test the limits of Einstein’s relativity, but they also seemed to wreck the basic order of cause and effect. If something…

Scientists have discovered that light can naturally develop a hidden “handedness” as it travels through empty space, without the need for special materials or lenses. Credit: SciTechDaily.comA newly uncovered property of light suggests…

Crystal jellyfish have an eerie beauty: thanks to a natural protein, they emit a faint green glow. For decades, researchers have used that green fluorescent protein and similar molecules to light up the field of biology, tracking what’s…

An atom is hit by a laser pulse. One electron is ripped out of the atom, another electron is shifted into a state with higher energy. Credit: TU Wien Scientists have developed simulations to investigate the rapid processes of…