A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10.29026/oea.2026.250149, discusses a quarter-wave geometric-phase route ...

A new optical device allows researchers to generate and switch between two stable, donut-shaped light patterns called ...

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Schrödinger’s cat just got a little bit fatter. Physicists have created the largest ever ‘superposition’ — a quantum state in ...

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Space has long been a matter of great curiosity and perplexity for humans. Astronauts ...

Researchers have demonstrated that a nanoparticle of 7,000 sodium atoms can act as a wave, creating a record-setting ...

The concept of time has troubled philosophers and physicists for thousands of years, and the advent of quantum mechanics has not simplified the ...

Ever have your attention hijacked by something appealing? Research using alcohol cues reveals how this bias works.

Russian Luch “inspector” satellites are suspected of shadowing European GEO spacecraft, raising fears of interception, ...