New Light Paradox Discovered

The dual nature of light, as in the fact that it can act like both a particle and a wave, has had physicists puzzled since that was first discovered. Such a duality was bound to lead to some paradoxes, scientists hypothesized at the time, and now their predictions appear to be coming true. Sc... [ read more >> ]

This array of tiny holes, punched into a thin gold layer, allows less light to pass through than the unaltered material

Image comment: This array of tiny holes, punched into a thin gold layer, allows less light to pass through than the unaltered material
Image credits: J. Braun et al.

This array of tiny holes, punched into a thin gold layer, allows less light to pass through than the unaltered material