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Physicists report seeing light travel backwards in special materials

In a groundbreaking discovery, physicists have observed light traveling in reverse, an event that significantly challenges ...
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Light Experiment Shows Atoms “Seem To Spend A ‘Negative’ Amount Of Time” In An Excited State

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Quantum ...
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Phase-Change of light on Reflection at a Silver Surface

A LIGHT wave, when reflected 1 at the surface of separation of two media, may be altered in amplitude, or wavelength, or phase. Whilst, however, a change of amplitude or wave-length produces an ...
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This new experiment shows Einstein was wrong about light

The concept of light has fascinated scientists for centuries. A recent MIT experiment has reignited the debate about its dual nature. The MIT team revisited a classic experiment with unprecedented ...
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‘Time Reflections’ Are Possible. They Could Speed Up Our Cell Phones and Computers

If you shine a light at a mirror, the beam is reflected inward to a central focal point, bouncing back toward you in a predictable manner—it’s a simple reflection of light, a spatial inversion. When a ...
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‘Light shining through a wall’ experiment ALPS starts searching for dark matter

The ALPS (Any Light Particle Search) experiment, which stretches a total length of 250 metres, is looking for a particularly light type of new elementary particle. Using twenty-four recycled ...
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Scaling Aquatic Primary Productivity: Experiments Under Nutrient- and Light-Limited Conditions

John E. Petersen, Chung-Chi Chen and W. Michael Kemp To explore the interactive effect of physical dimension and nutrient conditions on primary productivity, experimental planktonic-benthic ecosystems ...