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Light Holes Move Faster Than Light, Advancing Microscopy

4/3/2026

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Optical vortices, or 'holes' in light, moved faster than light, without violating relativity because they carry no mass or information.
The breakthrough used advanced electron microscopy to map nanoscale phenomena.
Researchers studied these vortices in hexagonal boron nitride and captured dynamics over 3 quadrillionths of a second.
The findings were published in Nature and point to potential advances in microscopy, with future work extending observations into higher dimensions.

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Story summary

Optical vortices, or 'holes' in light, moved faster than light, without violating relativity because they carry no mass or information.
The breakthrough used advanced electron microscopy to map nanoscale phenomena.
Researchers studied these vortices in hexagonal boron nitride and captured dynamics over 3 quadrillionths of a second.
The findings were published in Nature and point to potential advances in microscopy, with future work extending observations into higher dimensions.