Waves close wavesVibrations that transfer energy from place to place without the transference of matter. – including light – can be reflected at the boundary between two different materials.

Water is a colorless and transparent liquid, but if you spill water on the ground or clothes, the color of the water-soaked part will look darker than the surroundings for some reason. Aryan Kashyap, ...

Lukas Peet’s Table Lights lamps use specular and diffuse optical effects to cast light in all the right places. Lampshades were invented for a reason — to keep bulbs from outright blinding people — ...

DRIFTS is routinely used in quality control applications, materials characterization, and catalytic studies in industrial and research settings. However, optimal instrument setup and sample ...