Imagine a clock where the colors aren’t from LEDs but a physics phenomenon – polarization. That’s just what [Mosivers], a physicist and electronics enthusiast, has done with the Polarizer Clock. It’s ...

Metamaterials are materials engineered to bend light in ways nature never intended. From invisibility cloaks to seeing through objects, David R. Smith’s research shows how metamaterials are changing ...

A team of physicists has reimagined one of science’s most iconic experiments—but in the dimension of time. Researchers at Imperial College London have taken the classic double-slit test and turned it ...

Sarah Kim, exhibition manager for Currents New Media, bends and manipulates rays of light in the installation Memory Planes on Wednesday in El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe in the Railyard. The piece was ...

A pioneering method has emerged for manipulating laser beams using sound waves alone. These days, powerful laser beams are essential in scientific research, from particle accelerators to nuclear ...

Scientists from Japan report and validate a new mechanism for generating fast bending motion in thick crystals with light-induced heating, opening doors to light-driven mechanics with more versatile ...