Scientists have discovered that light’s long-ignored magnetic field may directly drive the Faraday effect.

New research shows that the magnetic part of light actively shapes how light interacts with matter, challenging a ...

New research shows that light’s magnetic field is far more influential than scientists once believed. The team found that ...

Neon lamps are fun to play with. These old-school indicators were once heavily utilized in many types of equipment for indication purposes but now seem largely relegated to mains voltage indication ...

Observations of the dense remnant of an exploded star have provided the first sign of a quantum effect on light passing through empty space. “It’s the most natural explanation,” says astrophysicist ...