MIT astronauts aboard the International Space Station—and the MIT researchers who have sent up experiments—have advanced our ...

Einstein was a great thinker who made plenty of mistakes—errors that sometimes led to more meaningful discoveries in physics, ...

Though the principle is not violated, a new way of fudging its restrictions could lead to improvements in ultra-precise ...

Scientists have created the first real-time 3D simulations of how lasers alter the quantum vacuum. Using cutting-edge computational modeling, scientists from the University of Oxford, in collaboration ...

Confining and rotating extremely cold atoms or molecules within atomic “Ferris wheels” made from laser light could test ...

Researchers have found that 2D materials can self-form microscopic cavities that trap light and electrons, altering their quantum behavior. With a miniaturized terahertz spectroscope, the team ...

Polarization spectroscopy advances analytical capabilities, revealing molecular details through techniques like Raman, ...