photons

Shedding A Light Into China’s Quantum Supremacy

Scientists from China have created a light-based quantum computer that can solve in minutes what will take a supercomputer billions of years.

Could Dark Matter Lie Beyond The Portal?

A dark axion portal could link the observable Universe to dark matter, which occupies 70 percent of the Universe but remains poorly understood.

When Light Interacts With Atoms, Shape Matters

Scientists in Singapore have shown that a photon’s shape affects how it is absorbed by a single atom.

The Force Awakens? Physicists Succeed At ‘Stopping’ Light

Like when Kylo Ren used the Force to stop a laser blast mid-air, Australian physicists have successfully trapped light in an experiment.