Light has always been the stage on which quantum mechanics performs its strangest tricks, and the double-slit experiment is ...

After four centuries of advances, astronomers now capture the Sun’s swirling, dynamic features in stunning detail.

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Light can be sculpted into countless shapes. Yet building optical devices that can simultaneously manipulate many different ...

Liquids and solutions may look simple, but on the molecular scale they are constantly shifting and reorganizing. When sugar dissolves in water, each sugar molecule quickly becomes surrounded by fast ...

Almost exactly 200 years ago, French physicist Sadi Carnot determined the maximum efficiency of heat engines. The Carnot ...

It turns out the "10-year lifespan" printed on your LED box is often a total fantasy. I spent years falling for the marketing, only to end up standing on a ladder every six months replacing bulbs that ...