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The Weird Quantum Behavior of Light, Captured in a Lab

Wired Science - Wed 4 Mar 15

Subatomic particles—photons, let's say, or electrons—sometimes also act like waves. And waves sometimes act like subatomic particles. It's weird. It's also one of the fundamental tenets ...

Image captures light as both wave and particle for very first time

New Atlas - Mon 2 Mar 15

In 1905, Albert Einstein provided an explanation of the photoelectric effect – that various metals emit electrons when light is shined on them – by suggesting that a beam of light is not ...

The first ever photograph of light as both a particle and wave

Phys.org - Mon 2 Mar 15

(Phys.org)—Light behaves both as a particle and as a wave. Since the days of Einstein, scientists have been trying to directly observe both of these aspects of light at the same time. Now, ...

Scientists capture first ever image of light acting as a particle and a wave

Extremetech - Tue 3 Mar 15

The first photograph of light as both a wave and a particle could give a boost to quantum computing.

Behold the first photo of light in both wave and particle forms

Engadget - Tue 3 Mar 15

You've likely read in a textbook before that light behaves both as a particle and a wave at the same time. Scientists had previously seen it behave one way or another, but it's only now that ...

The world's first image of light as both a particle and a wave

ZME Science - Tue 3 Mar 15

We see light every day, and yet, we don't truly understand it; it's either a particle or a wave, or both at the same time... and we don't really know why. Now, for the first time, researchers ...

First Ever Image to Show Light as a Wave and Particle at the Same Time

Gizmodo - Mon 2 Mar 15

What you're looking at here is a major breakthrough. The image reveals a property of light that has never been witnessed before by human eyes, though we've long known about it. But at last, ...

Light Photographed As A Wave And A Particle For The First Time

Popular Science - Mon 2 Mar 15

Scientists have long known that light can behave as both a particle and a wave—Einstein first predicted it in 1909. But no experiment has been able to show light in both…

This incredible electron micrograph shows light as both a particle and a wave

The Verge - Mon 2 Mar 15

The particle-wave nature of light has fascinated researchers for more than 200 years, but a new experiment has allowed researchers to visualize it like never before. This image was ...

Photo First: Light Captured as Both Particle and Wave

Discovery News - Mon 2 Mar 15

A cutting-edge electron microscope takes a historic snapshot.

Scientists capture the first image of light behaving as both a particle and a wave

CNET Crave - Wed 4 Mar 15

Researchers have achieved the first ever pictorial evidence that light can simultaneously behave as a particle and as a wave.

Researchers Finally See Light as Both Particle, Wave

Laboratory Equipment - Tue 3 Mar 15

Light behaves both as a particle and as a wave. Since the days of Einstein, scientists have been trying to directly observe both of these aspects of light at the same time. Now, scientists ...

Image captures light as both a particle and a wave

Science a Go Go - Mon 2 Mar 15

Europeans scientists have been able to take the first ever snapshot of light behaving both as a wave and as a particle, demonstrating that imaging quantum phenomena at the nanometer scale is ...

Scientists photograph light as particle and wave

UPI - Mon 2 Mar 15

Brooks HaysLAUSANNE, Switzerland, March 2 (UPI) -- Quantum mechanics says that light can act as moth a wave and particle. But until now, observing such a duality in real time has been near-impossible.

Energy-Space Photography Captures Light Behaving As A Wave And A Particle

Science 2.0 - Mon 2 Mar 15

Quantum mechanics tells us that light can behave simultaneously as a particle or a wave, but researchers haven't been able to capture both natures of light at the same time; the closest we have ...

The first ever photograph of light as a particle and a wave

SpaceDaily - Wed 4 Mar 15

Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 03, 2015 Quantum mechanics tells us that light can behave simultaneously as a particle or a wave. However, there has never been an experiment able to capture ...

The first ever photograph of light as a particle and a wave, Science Blog - Mon 2 Mar 15
The first ever photograph of light as a particle and a wave, Eurekalert - Mon 2 Mar 15
First ever photograph of light as both a particle and wave, R&D Mag - Mon 2 Mar 15

Researchers capture first ever image of light as wave and particle

RedOrbit - Mon 2 Mar 15

Provided by Nik Papageorgiou, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Quantum mechanics tells us that light can behave simultaneously as a particle or a wave. However, there has never been ...