A paradox that puzzled a generation of solar and atomic physicists – and occasionally pitted theories from one field against the other – has been resolved. The paradox concerns the polarization of ...

Scientists at the University of Oxford demonstrate an approach to interpreting how materials interact with polarized light, ...

A long-standing physics mystery has been solved with the discovery of emergent photon-like behavior inside a strange quantum ...

Reeling from a divisive and turbulent election season, many of us seek spaces of solace, light, unity and worship as we turn toward the winter holidays. The cosmos and its reflection within us harbor ...

Light, as an electromagnetic wave, possesses several fundamental properties, which include intensity, wavelength, phase and polarisation (the direction in which the light waves oscillate). While the ...