NYU researchers have found a way to use light to control how microscopic particles assemble into crystals, effectively turning illumination into a tool for shaping matter. By adding light-sensitive ...

Humans have been studying and playing with light for millennia — from the ancient civilizations using rock crystals to magnify objects and focus sunlight to ignite fires, to Galileo who sparked the ...

Scientists at the University of East Anglia have uncovered a hidden property of light that allows it to twist, spin and behave differently - without mirrors, materials or special lenses. In a ...