Scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have discovered a surprisingly simple way to create exotic light structures called optical skyrmions using a 200-year-old optical effect ...

Neutrons can pass through dense metal while remaining sensitive to hydrogen, lithium and other light elements. That makes ...

When engineers think about protective materials, like those used in packaging and support, they usually think about strength, stiffness and durability. But what if those same materials could also ...

Scientists have, for the first time, successfully studied liquid carbon in the lab by combining a powerful high-performance laser with the European XFEL x-ray laser. The experiment captured fleeting ...

A Poisson spot contains four types of skyrmions in one light spot. Credit: Optica / NTU Singapore A classic 200-year-old light experiment has given scientists a simple new way to create exotic light ...

Abstract: Barium fluoride (BaF2) crystals are known for their applications in high-energy physics (HEP) experiments due to their ultrafast scintillation component. However, the slow scintillation ...

A proof-of-concept quantum OCT system used single-exposure spectral detection to reach approximately 4 mm depth while ...

Every other common metal pays a price for touching the world. Iron rusts, copper turns green, and silver slowly blackens. Gold alone stays bright, and physicists have long known that the explanation ...

Light typically interacts with a material the same way whether it enters through the front or the back—like polarized ...

Discovered by an amateur mathematician in 2022, this strange construct can tile an infinite surface without repeating. But ...

The company has drawn governments, a major chipmaker, and the Pentagon into an effort to control fragile photons and build a useful quantum machine. It aims to be the first.

Xsuite drew CERN's fragmented beam-simulation tools into a single framework, used to operate existing colliders, design ...