Hacker News with Generative AI: Light

Physicists Magnetize a Material with Light (news.mit.edu)
MIT physicists have created a new and long-lasting magnetic state in a material, using only light.
Physics, Magnetism, Light
156 points by thunderbong 10 days ago | 70 comments
Plants find light using gaps between their cells (quantamagazine.org)
A mutant seedling revealed how plant tissues scatter incoming light, allowing plants to sense its direction and move toward it.
Botany, Biology, Science, Light, Plants
42 points by milanaross 80 days ago | 1 comments
Why Is Light So Fast? (profmattstrassler.com)
I’m often asked two very natural and related questions.
Physics, Science, Light, Speed
147 points by paulpauper 106 days ago | 171 comments
Physicists unveil 1D gas made of pure light (livescience.com)
Physics, Light, Science
8 points by bookofjoe 123 days ago | 0 comments
Success in teleporting light and solidifying it: Faster than the speed of light (ecoticias.com)
Physics, Teleportation, Light
8 points by rmason 159 days ago | 7 comments
Light can vaporize water without the need for heat (news.mit.edu)
Physics, Science, Water, Light
11 points by hunglee2 206 days ago | 1 comments
Does light have an infinite lifetime? (bigthink.com)
Physics, Science, Light
126 points by robertn702 273 days ago | 102 comments