Few physicists have had the privilege of bringing a new elementary particle into the world. When Wolfgang Pauli hit on the idea of the neutrino in 1930, however, internal misgivings tempered his ...

Light can do more than illuminate a material. In some cases, it can temporarily change how electrons move through it.

The United Nations have proclaimed the year 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies. In this web collection, the Nature journals jointly celebrate this occasion by ...

Addressing a controversy first raised around 1910, two physicists have performed experiments with the aid of an engineer that validate anew the special theory of relativity’s limitations on the speed ...

Scientists are probing topological insulators with circularly polarized light to reveal their many secrets. These exotic materials have potential for quantum computing and other technologies. They ...

The Hirshhorn presents “Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space,” an exhibition that reconsiders the role played by major Latin American artists in the development of installation art ...

Visible light is a form of electromagnetic (EM) radiation, as are radio waves, infrared radiation, ultraviolet radiation, X-rays and microwaves. Generally, visible light is defined as the wavelengths ...

“Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space,” the Hirshhorn Museum’s new exhibition of five groundbreaking Latin American artists, starts in a deceptively understated manner. Walking into ...

Australian National University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. James Turrell is a veteran Californian artist who throughout a career spanning almost half a century has employed ...