A stellar explosion with subtle hints of a black hole binary in the background. (Courtesy: Carl Knox, OzGrav – Swinburne ...

Light's behavior seems counterintuitive. That is, until you figure out light is a wave. The way light behaves can seem very counterintuitive, and many physicists would agree with that, but once you ...

An interface between media with different helicities (red and blue curly arrows) supports zero-helicity linearly polarized surface modes (green arrow). (Credit: Konstantin Bliokh) Maxwell’s ...

A new roadmap charts the next decade for surface acoustic wave technology, spanning signal processing, quantum tech, and life sciences applications.

A Harvard study shows that soft materials, like gels and biological tissue, support boat wake-like surface waves. Because wake shape encodes material properties, th ...