Refraction can cause optical illusions as the light waves appear to come from a different position to their actual source. The reverse is also true. A light ray speeds up as it passes from glass into ...

Wave striking a water barrier and a ray of light striking a plane mirror An incident ray of light hits a plane mirror at an angle and is reflected back off it. The angle of reflection is equal to the ...

At the interface between two facets of an artificial crystal, sound waves can be transmitted in the opposite direction to that expected, and undergo no reflection. Such wave behaviour could have many ...

When people look into a mirror, they see an image of themselves behind the glass. That image results from light rays encountering the shiny surface and bouncing back, or reflecting, providing a ...

There are many glorious science-based terms when it comes to surfing. We all talk about swells, of course, the underwater energy that creates a breaking wave. But we'll look at swell angles and ...

Exploiting a novel technique called phase discontinuity, researchers have induced light rays to behave in a way that defies the centuries-old laws of reflection and refraction. The discovery has led ...

Abstract: Through a large number of measured data, it is found that, the single-phase fault occurs on transmission line. the traveling wave of the fault phase is mainly composed of line-mode component ...

TIRF is a microscopy technique that is used to image fluorescent molecules, such as green fluorescent protein (GFP) and fluorochromes, in liquids that are adjacent to a solid with a high refractive ...