Scientists studying a mysterious effect called cosmic birefringence—a subtle twist in the polarization of the universe’s oldest light—have developed a new way to reduce uncertainty in how it’s ...

A clear visualization of a circularly polarized electromagnetic wave and how the electric and magnetic fields rotate in space. Perfect for understanding polarization concepts in electrodynamics. #elec ...

A twisted pair of photonic crystals integrated with MEMS can dynamically control the handedness of light on a chip.

For more than 40 years, scientists have known that the quantum Hall effect impacts electrons in strong magnetic fields, but it turns out light also follows the fundamental phenomenon.

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have succeeded in detecting laser-assisted electron scattering (LAES) using ...

Time has an arrow: It only ever seems to move in one direction. The future is always unknown to us, while the past forever remains locked and inaccessible. And yet, the vast majority of the laws of ...