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Optical rotatum” is the term researchers coined to describe a newly discovered structure of light. Beams of light that can be shaped into corkscrew-like forms, known as optical vortices, are used ...

Researchers at Rice University have developed a sophisticated 3D photonic-crystal cavity that can trap and control light in ...

An international team of astronomers has solved one of the longstanding cosmic mysteries by uncovering direct evidence of a ...

A new study analyzing data from NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered compelling evidence of multiple mineral-forming events just beneath the Martian surface -- findings that bring scientists one ...