Astronomers may have just confirmed one of the quirkiest aspects of quantum mechanics: that seemingly empty space can alter the behavior of light. This phenomenon, called "vacuum birefringence," was ...

Today's quantum technologies rely on energy-intensive lasers, raising concerns that scaling them up could further increase ...

Canadian researchers show how quantum entanglement does not required highly coherent light sources like lasers but can also ...

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Astronomers have achieved a major breakthrough by detecting a hidden magnetic signal from one of the most powerful explosions ...

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With support from the U.S. National Science Foundation, the researchers used two colors of light to produce an organized flow of electrons through a semiconductor. They could also change the direction ...

Scientists have created an “electron lighthouse” that uses laser light to launch and steer electrons through a semiconductor without an applied electrical field. The quantum effect could eventually ...

Vast, planet-scale concentric rings of polarization in the atmosphere of Venus. (Mahapatra et al., Planet. Sci. J., 2026) Whatever astronomers glimpsed during a brief observation of Venus in 2010 was ...