When you shine a flashlight into a glass of water, the beam bends. That simple observation, familiar since ancient times, ...

The Discovery Center Museum is offering an engaging experiment to help children understand the science of light refraction and color mixing using simple materials such as a box, water bottles ...

Tyndall and Graham Bell are some of the scientists who laid the theoretical foundations for what would later become fibre ...

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A blood moon occurs when Earth blocks direct sunlight. The planet’s shadow falls across the lunar surface completely.

Digital Domain’s Phil Cramer details Fantastic Four VFX: from Masquerade3 facial capture to Baby Franklin and The Thing’s ...

Daniel Urban teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander how bees can see polarized light Did you know bees can see something ...

I tried a series of amazing light experiments to explore reflections, refractions, and optical illusions, showing just how fun and surprising light can be.

A study led by Politecnico di Milano, recently published in Nature Photonics, highlights the crucial role of virtual charges in insulating materials. One of the biggest challenges in modern physics an ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Quantum ...

Crucible of Light also exposes many Western narratives as goal-oriented – that is, designed to show the dynamics between ...

Ferroelectrics are seen as promising candidates for the electronics of tomorrow. An experiment at the world's largest X-ray laser—the European XFEL in Schenefeld near Hamburg—now shows that their ...