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Light, long considered intangible and elusive, has just crossed a new scientific frontier. This impalpable matter could well ...

A careful alignment of three powerful lasers could generate a mysterious fourth beam of light that is throttled out of the ...

A stunning breakthrough in solar physics reveals ultra-fine magnetic structures on the Sun's surface, thanks to the NSF's ...

With the help of “super spikes” and a dimpled track suit, Kipyegon next week will try to become the first woman to run a mile ...

As the number of particles in a physical system increases, its properties can change and different phase transitions (i.e., ...

Nearly a decade ago, a detector searching for ghostly cosmic particles found two anomalous signals in Antarctic ice. But ...

A new solid-state laser can make a vast number of precise optical measurements each second, while sweeping across a broad ...

For years, astronomers have been working to piece together the story of our universe, but the critical early chapters ...