Scientists are learning how to temporarily reshape materials by nudging their internal quantum rhythms instead of blasting ...

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

A femtosecond laser approach could quietly alter chip cooling rules for AI hardware and quantum devices ...

A nanostructure made of silver and an atomically thin semiconductor layer can be turned into an ultrafast switching mirror ...

Scientists have shown that it may be possible to transform materials simply by triggering internal quantum ripples rather ...

Optical storage and even DNA storage could be a significant contender for the digital archive market in the coming decades.

Scientists in Scotland have shown that a type of laser already similar to the one currently used in routine eye surgery could one day help surgeons remove unwanted tissues, such as tumours, with ...

Chiral metasurfaces can strongly twist the polarization of light, but how this process unfolds in space and time has been unclear. Scientists in China have now used ultrafast electron microscopy and ...

Physicists just found a way to reprogram matter without brutal lasers. By harnessing hidden quantum ripples inside materials, ...

A central part of the experiment is a hybrid nanostructure that combines two materials with very different properties.

Radio telescopes let you study the universe by collecting faint radio waves from distant objects. To see extremely small ...