Originally hailing from England, New York-based artist Anthony McCall (b. 1946) is best known for his “solid-light” installations, which synthesize elements of sculpture, drawing, and film. His ...

In a remarkable development, researchers have successfully turned light into a supersolid for the first time, paving the way for new insights into the unusual quantum states of matter. This ...

Since the 1970s, artist Anthony McCall has pioneered “solid light” as a medium at the intersection of sculpture, drawing, and cinema. His 1973 work Light Describing A Cone (1973) was a landmark moment ...

In condensed matter physics, things can get pretty weird. When temperatures get close to absolute zero, it is possible to put matter in a state called supersolid, a crystal that can flow without ...

London’s Tate Modern will unveil a new solo exhibition of light installations by the acclaimed British artist Anthony McCall. Long before today’s ‘immersive’ shows, McCall was captivating audiences as ...

Last year, for the first time, scientists slowed light pulses to a halt and briefly stored them in a gas before permitting them to reemerge at normal speed (SN: 1/27/01, p. 52: Light Stands Still in ...

There are two types of innovations: ones you see coming and ones that blow your mind. Light Field Lab’s SolidLight modular holographic system is the latter. Most holograms today use a variation of ...

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