"Dark photon" theory says light's interference patterns may emerge from quantum particles, not waves, upending centuries of ...

It's that luminously gorgeous time of the year; the much-loved Indian Festival of Lights - Diwali. Millions of people across the world celebrate Diwali by lighting oil lamps, wearing colourful clothes ...

We’ve all seen recreations of the famous double-slit experiment, which showed that light can behave both as a wave and as a particle. Or rather, it’s likely that what we’ve seen is the results of the ...

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Is light made of waves, or particles? This fundamental question has dogged scientists for decades, because light seems to be both. However, until now, experiments have revealed light to act either ...