An international team has demonstrated a new method for producing the most intense light ...

A team of physicists has designed quantum algorithms that can model one of the most elusive behaviors in nature: a photon flipping its polarization inside an extreme electromagnetic field. The work, ...

A photon enters an extraordinarily intense laser field. When it exits, its polarization has rotated, as though empty space ...

Experiments reveal a new path to extreme light intensities used in combat lasers, nuclear fusion, and studies probing the ...

For the last 80 years, the theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED), which describes all electromagnetic interactions, has ...

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Researchers have found that a swirling water vortex can force opposing waves to form rotating lines of stillness across an ...

When you throw a ball in the air, the equations of classical physics will tell you exactly what path the ball will take as it ...

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Quantum electrodynamics (QED) provides the fundamental framework for understanding the intricate interactions between light and matter. In the realm of heavy ions—atoms stripped of most of their ...

The Aharonov-Bohm effect occupies a pivotal position in modern quantum theory, demonstrating that charged particles are influenced by electromagnetic potentials even in regions where the associated ...

The concept of the vacuum, initially thought to be empty, is actually steeped in complex physics. From Aristotle's horror vacui to quantum field fluctuations, this piece explores the transition from ...