Scientists can learn a lot about a quantum material by watching how it responds to light. In magnetic semiconductors, one ...

In 1845, Michael Faraday discovered what’s known today as the Faraday Effect—which describes how light and electromagnetism are related. A new study revealed that the magnetic component of light ...

In 1845, physicist Michael Faraday provided the first direct evidence that electromagnetism and light are related. Now, it turns out that this connection is even stronger than Faraday imagined. In his ...

The lighting in my shop sucks. It’s easy to understand why I’ve taken up a bit of an infatuation with work lights. Now, don’t get me wrong, the real solution is to install some good permanent lighting ...

Light beams of varying intensities (yellow cylinders) help visualize magnetic domains (light and dark areas), separated by domain walls (red lines). When something draws us in like a magnet, we take a ...

Light-switchable molecules could tune spin-wave filters in 2D magnets, offering a chemical route to reprogrammable nanoscale magnetic circuits. (Nanowerk Spotlight) A radio antenna can pick up many ...