Scientists have demonstrated, for the first time, a new type of mirror that forgoes a familiar shiny metallic surface and instead reflects infrared light by using an unusual magnetic property of a non ...

Owing to the wave nature of light there are many ways that such different waves can interact with each other, but also with materials. Everyone knows about reflecting light with a mirror, which is a ...

Researchers at the Berkeley Lab just developed what could be the most effective invisibility cloak we’ve seen outside of a sci-fi movie. The ultra-thin cloak is made of near-microscopic brick-shaped ...

It's already nigh on impossible to pick computer generated graphics in the latest blockbusters, but the job is set to get even harder thanks to researchers who have developed a graphics algorithm that ...

Light-intercepting transfer device installs into the dome ring of a tubular skylight to increase the surface area available to reflect sunlight. The device can increase light performance by up to 100 ...