We all know that freezing is the process by which a liquid transforms into a solid, but believe it or not, a team of Italian scientists has managed to 'freeze' light. For the first time, they have ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Supersolids are a form of quantum matter that exhibits properties of a superfluid ...

The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has officially permitted national banks to participate in cryptocurrency-related activities, including custody services, stablecoin operations, ...

An international team of scientists led by researchers at the Peking University in China has designed a revolutionary ‘all-optical’ chip that uses light to synchronize the speed of processors ...

A new 100 gigahertz chip that harnesses light – not electricity – to synchronise processors could unlock the future of high-speed AI computing, next-generation communications and remote ...

A small international team of nanotechnologists, engineers and physicists has developed a way to force laser light into becoming a supersolid. Their paper is published in the journal Nature.

G-Dragon has unveiled the design for his official light stick! On March 6, G-Dragon’s agency Galaxy Corporation announced details about the artist’s official light stick and its sales ...

Imagine a type of matter where particles are arranged in a neat crystal pattern but can flow without friction. This peculiar state is called a supersolid, requiring particles to share a common phase ...

An odd solid that can flow like a fluid has been created from light for the first time. Studying it will help researchers better understand exotic quantum states of matter. “We actually made ...

This repository is the official implementation of Light-A-Video. It is a training-free framework that enables zero-shot illumination control of any given video sequences or foreground sequences. Click ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Most of life’s engines run on sunlight. Photons filter down through the atmosphere and are eagerly absorbed by light-powered ...