POLARIZE 3 (IMAGE) Rice University Caption Rice University graduate student Lauren McCarthy adjusts the polarizer she used to discover a fundamentally different form of light-matter interaction in experiments with gold nanoparticles. Credit Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.