Here is more about what the physycist had to say on their discovery:

“The results of this research will have a huge impact on the way we conceive light,” says one of the team, Vincenzo Giannini from Imperial College London in the UK.

It’s not unusual for photons to get right up close with electrons – in normal materials, photons interact with a whole bunch of them both on the surface and within their molecular structure. But Giannini and his colleagues wanted to figure out what would happen if photons could bind with just one electron.

Using a recently discovered class of materials called topological insulators, they modelled the behaviour of light as it flashed across the surface. They found that not only could the photons interact with a single electron in this material, but the result would actually combine the properties of both.

Enclosed is also a related video in where different scientists have discovered new properties with light.  You may or may not have heard about it although it was a fairly recent release.

thanks to sciencealert.com for the great info