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

Physicists have discovered that when beams of light interact at the quantum level, they can generate ghost-like particles that briefly emerge from nothing and affect real matter. This rare phenomenon, ...

Can you benefit from light therapy? It depends. Treatments range from nonsensical to possibly useful to those proven to be effective. Without light, there is no life. Literally, it was Dutch scientist ...

Scientists are planning on 'dimming the Sun' in a bid to curb global warming. The UK government is set to announce funding of up to £50m of funding for Sun-dimming experiments in the coming weeks, the ...

Usually, light waves can pass through each other without any resistance. According to the laws of electrodynamics, two light beams can exist in the same place without influencing each other; they ...