How sound and light act alike—and not—at the smallest scale

A world-famous light experiment from 1801 has now been carried out with sound for the first time. Research by physicists in ...

Signal in the silence: Researchers uncover hidden potential in discarded MRI data

In every functional MRI scan, after the whir and pounding begins, there is a brief 10 to 20 seconds of stabilization as the ...

Ultrafast electron diffraction captures atomic layers twisting in response to light

A pulse of light sets the tempo in the material. Atoms in a crystalline sheet just a few atoms thick begin to move—not ...