Physicists at the University of Twente have improved the standard test for the quality of individual particles of light. By letting three photons interfere at the same time instead of two, they draw ...

Researchers used light to reveal the collective motion of electrons forming a Wigner crystal. Credit: Enrique Sahagún, Scixel / University of Basel, Department of Physics Optical measurements can ...

OPAL underpins Australia’s enduring nuclear capability, sustaining the expertise, infrastructure and international confidence needed in a changing strategic environment,” ANSTO CEO Shaun Jenkinson ...

Observatories have been built in mines, deep under the Antarctic ice sheet, and elsewhere in an effort to detect the fleeting ...

The canalized state can be understood as an elliptical wavefront stretched so far that the ellipse’s focal points effectively ...

This story is part of your SHN+ subscription The active adult sector is immersed in an age wave in 2026 as operators experiment with new models and ...

An all-optical memory stores digital data in circulating light for over 20 ms, using Raman amplification and multiple ...

First glimpsed as “little red dots” in deep-space images from the James Webb Space Telescope, these giant, gas-shrouded black holes are full of surprises ...

Periodontitis is a common form of serious gum disease that can slowly damage the tissues and bone that hold teeth in place. Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have now developed a new treatment ...

The research, which was published in Optica, does not suggest that sunlight can replace laser-based quantum sources. Those systems remain more precise and produce stronger results.

Successful navigation of the social environment depends on the ability to rapidly evaluate conspecifics and adjust behaviour accordingly. Encounters with unfamiliar individuals are particularly ...

Two research teams have independently created devices within which sound waves could be separated by frequency, creating the ...