“If you wanted to take a picture of the rocket as it flew past, you would have to take into account that the light from different points took different lengths of time to reach the camera ,” ...

The 2023 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to three scientists who created pulses of light so short they can be used to watch the inner workings of atoms. Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and ...

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Light can’t seem to keep itself together—at least in two dimensions—according to new findings from the University of Colorado Boulder. This research found that when a dimension is removed from light’s ...

The 2018 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded Tuesday to Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland for their pioneering work to turn lasers into powerful tools. Ashkin, a researcher at Bell ...

The trio devised methods for creating the tiniest slices of light. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The 2023 Nobel Prize in ...