Discover the science behind seeing your reflection in water. Light travels in straight lines and bounces off smooth surfaces, ...

Sketch of the concept: a disordered medium (top) is made perfectly transmitting by placing a custom-made anti-reflection coating in front of it (bottom). (Courtesy: TU Wien) A new technique that ...

Fog, twilight, and night create reduced spaces in which shapes, lines, and contrasts are particularly effective. Many of the ...

Fran: I am looking at my reflection. When light from an object is reflected by a surface, it changes direction - it bounces off the surface. So, if we shine this light onto this mirror, then we can ...