For photosynthesis, one photon is all it takes. Only a single particle of light is required to spark the first steps of the biological process that converts light into chemical energy, scientists ...

EPFL researchers have developed a new imaging method using a single-photon camera that can characterize thousands of ...

As the demand for more secure data transmission increases, conventional communication technologies are facing limitations ...

Photon-powered alchemy: How light is rewriting fossil fuel chemistry The system is effective even at room temperatures offering many potential benefits. Date: June 21, 2025 Source: Colorado State ...

Illustration of photon-photon scattering in the laboratory. Two green petawatt lasers beams collide at the focus with a third red beam to polarize the quantum vacuum. This allows a fourth blue ...