Scientists Uncover Hidden Property of Light That Twists Matter Sideways

Scientists Uncover Hidden Property of Light That Twists Matter Sideways

A new measurement method reveals that light can twist nanoscale objects in unexpected ways. Light is not just something we see. It can also exert physical forces that push and twist matter. In the 1870s, James Clerk Maxwell proposed that light carries momentum and can apply pressure to objects. Nearly 100 years later, in the [...]

Fibre Broadband Set for Boost as UK Scientists Uncover Hidden Property of Light

A team of researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, England, has “uncovered a hidden property of light” that allows it to twist, spin and behave differently – without mirrors, materials or special lenses. In theory this could allow future optical (fibre optic) based broadband connections, among other things, to carry significantly more data. Modern fibre optic networks can already do some amazing things with the different …