Can light itself, perhaps from a laser, cast a shadow? It might seem like a trick question, but the answer to this is "yes." ...

Scientists have shown that laser light, under certain conditions, can behave like an object and cast a shadow.

After discussing the quirks in 3D modeling software, where a laser beam is treated as a solid object that can cast a shadow, ...

Typically, photons pass through each other without interacting, but the Ottawa experiment revealed an effect in which the ...

In a recent study, researchers from the University of Ottawa have demonstrated a remarkable new phenomenon: a laser beam ...

When studying the smallest particles that make up our world, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN is quite possibly the best ...

Conventional knowledge presupposes that if two light beams cross, nothing of note happens. But in an experiment, as detailed ...

Researchers used a ruby crystal and specific laser wavelengths to demonstrate that a laser beam could obstruct light and ...

Can light itself cast a shadow? It may sound like a philosophical riddle, but researchers have found that under certain ...

A new experiment has demonstrated something that sounds physically impossible – light itself casting a shadow. It turns out ...

These experiments rely on the controlled collision of high-energy protons with specialized targets to generate neutrinos.