In the world of fundamental particles, you are either a fermion or a boson. But a new study shows that one can behave as the other as they move from one place to another. Researchers from the ...

When you shine a flashlight into a glass of water, the beam bends. That simple observation, familiar since ancient times, ...

The answer to this question puts a spotlight on two revolutionary 19th-century scientists. In 1828, the Scottish botanist Robert Brown published his observation that tiny particles in suspension were ...

Observing light in motion is now possible thanks to an impressive breakthrough by researchers at the University of Toronto. They have developed a technology capable of capturing and simulating the ...

All forms of electromagnetic radiation, whether they're called waves or rays, are generated by particles in motion. In a radio signal, for example, negatively charged electrons quickly move back and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Some people like company. Others prefer to be alone. The same holds true for the particles that constitute the matter around us: Some, called bosons, like to act in unison with others ...