Researchers have uncovered a material perception mechanism with which humans discriminate between reflective and transparent materials (mirror and glass). The research team discovered that the brain ...

Creating a material that can alter its optical properties in real time has proved challenging for scientists, but a team at Imperial College London has finally achieved a major breakthrough by ...

What do you do once the world-destroying laser you have been working on becomes so powerful that it blows holes in the mirrors used to steer the laser beam? This is a question that has become very ...

Through the looking glass: Scientists at the City University of New York (CUNY) created a "mirror" that can reflect an electromagnetic wave backward in time. It is not the first time this has been ...

The beautifully bright and clear colorful rays of light offered by precious metals and jewels give us a rich sense of that object's physical quality. This is due to our ability to perceive materials, ...