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Researchers Confirm 50-Year-Old Light Vortex Prediction

3/28/2026

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Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers confirmed a 50-year-old prediction about dark points (vortices) in light waves that exceed the speed of light.
The researchers used an electron microscopy setup that combined laser technology with advanced microscopy.
The Nature study was published with Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.
The research was supported by the European Union and other organizations and could advance microscopy, nanostructure optics, and quantum information encoding.

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Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers confirmed a 50-year-old prediction about dark points (vortices) in light waves that exceed the speed of light.
The researchers used an electron microscopy setup that combined laser technology with advanced microscopy.
The Nature study was published with Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.
The research was supported by the European Union and other organizations and could advance microscopy, nanostructure optics, and quantum information encoding.