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'Zero-Index' metamaterials are upending what we know about quantum mechanics
Since the beginning of quantum physics, how light moves and interacts with matter around it has mostly been described and understood in math
Joseph Shavit
Apr 28, 2022


Major question in Einstein’s photoelectric effect finally answered
The photoelectric effect is a phenomenon in which electrons are ejected from the surface of a metal when light is incident on it.
Joseph Shavit
Feb 10, 2022


Physicists have figured out how to make antimatter out of light
A new study by scientists has demonstrated how researchers may be able to create an accelerating jet of antimatter from light.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 6, 2022


16-year long experiment challenges Einstein’s theory of general relativity
Researchers have helped conduct a 16-year long experiment to challenge Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 14, 2021


Have we detected dark energy? Scientists say it's a possibility
Unexplained results from the XENON1T experiment may have been caused by dark energy, and not the dark matter the experiment tried to detect.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 16, 2021


Giant gravitational wave detectors could peer back to see a universe before stars
Just 5 years ago, physicists opened a new window on the universe when they first detected gravitational waves, ripples in space itself
Joseph Shavit
Aug 17, 2021
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