Researchers in Birmingham have created the first image of a photon, a lemon-shaped particle of light ... and why it matters However, the very nature of light means the answer to this question ...

The interaction between light and matter constitutes one of the most active areas of scientific research. This year, for instance, the Nobel prizes for physics and chemistry were awarded for the ...

Instead of space-time’s three spatial dimensions and one of time, the physics of our world could be encoded into a set of odd geometrical shapes – and studying them may chart a new ...

The research is published in Nature Photonics ... have learnt how to combine these two methods to simultaneously shape light in space and time, bridging ultrafast optics and structured light ...

However, the very nature of light means the answer to this question ... the team generated the first image of a photon, a ...