"Dark photon" theory says light's interference patterns may emerge from quantum particles, not waves, upending centuries of ...

A groundbreaking study has challenged centuries of scientific consensus, potentially unravelling our understanding of how light behaves. Research from the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics may ...

Perhaps one of the most famous experiments in physics has been giving us the wrong message all these years. For nearly two ...

"Dark photon" theory says light's interference patterns may emerge from quantum particles, not waves, upending centuries of ...

A new theory of "dark photons" attempted to explain a centuries-old experiment in a new way this year, in an effort to change ...

In 2025, MIT's research community had another prolific year filled with exciting scientific and technological advances. To ...

Does the universe notice that we're paying attention to a quantum experiment? The answer goes against everything we thought we knew.

The setup of the experiment in the optical lab, with the semiconductor crystal containing the double slits in the centre. Credit: Leiden University. More than 200 years ago, physicist Thomas Young ...

A world-famous light experiment from 1801 has now been carried out with sound for the first time. Research by physicists in Leiden has produced new insights that could be applied in 5G devices and the ...

Footage appearing to show a number of "double fireball" events may have been caused by a simple quirk of equipment. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

TL;DR: This experiment may not revolutionize telecommunications, but it highlights how accessible these concepts have become outside traditional research labs. Using nothing more than an iPad, a solar ...