But since he knew light was a wave composed of changing magnetic and electric fields, it couldn't truly be still. "One sees in this paradox the germ of the special relativity theory is already ...

According to Einstein’s theory of general relativity ... “[There is] a resulting change in photon wavelength.” Gravitational waves interacting with particles of light, or photons, can shift their ...

Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts ... in an email to Live Science. "Some of the light affected by the gravitational wave memory becomes 'hotter' while some of the other light ...

Light is closely integrated with our intellectual, philosophical and scientific discourse. The exact nature of light has remained a mystery since we stepped on earth. Newton postulated the corpuscular ...

Researchers at the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) and at Florida International ...

Quantum theory, on the other hand, views the universe as being made of extremely small objects (think subatomic particles) that act as both particles and waves. Particles are minuscule pieces of ...

Conventional curved lenses, which direct light by refraction in glass or plastic, are often bulky and heavy, offering only ...