Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new way to alter complex drug molecules using light rather than toxic chemicals – a discovery that could accelerate and improve how medicines ...

Light-based quantum technologies, such as quantum communication and photonic quantum computing, require reliable sources of individual photons and, ideally, pairs of entangled photons. Semiconductor ...

Astronomers have found that both the core of our Milky Way and the earliest proto-galaxies in the universe share a surprising ...

The chemistry is powered by an LED lamp that triggers a self-sustaining chain reaction, forging new carbon–carbon bonds under mild conditions without toxic or expensive chemicals. Credit: Nordin Ćatić ...

A new startup has come up with a way to sell sunlight on demand, proposing a constellation of satellites that would reflect beams of light onto Earth. Reflect Orbital wants to deploy up to 50,000 ...

Engineers demonstrated a new photonic lantern capable of multiplexing 7, 19, and 37 VCSEL lasers into a single multimode ...

The images, part of a series called “Guardians of the Jungle,” were honored at the 2026 Sony World Photography Awards, Professional division.