Scientists have found a way to achieve negative refraction—where light bends the "wrong" way—using carefully arranged atomic arrays instead of engineered metamaterials. This breakthrough has enormous ...

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For the first time, researchers have been able to measure the quantum state of electrons ejected from atoms that have absorbed high-energy light pulses. This is thanks to a new measurement technique ...

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An Einstein ring is light from a much more distant galaxy that bends in such a way as to perfectly encircle a closer object, in this case, a well-known galaxy in the constellation Draco.

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Cornell researchers have captured an unprecedented, real-time view of how a promising catalyst material transforms during ...

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The International Day of Clean Energy on 26 January was declared by the General Assembly (resolution A/77/327) as a call to raise awareness and mobilize action for a just and inclusive transition to ...