Discover the science behind seeing your reflection in water. Light travels in straight lines and bounces off smooth surfaces, ...

Vol. 86, No. 3, Papers on Astronomy, Botany, Geology, Paleontology, and Zoology (Jul. 8, 1943), pp. 351-363 (13 pages) In the first part of the present paper the amount of total light reflected by ...

If you shine a light at a mirror, the beam is reflected inward to a central focal point, bouncing back toward you in a predictable manner—it’s a simple reflection of light, a spatial inversion. When a ...

THE author pointed out that most previous experimenters, A especially Rood, had measured the amount of the transmitted light, and that any percentage of error in this ...

Researchers demonstrate a new technique for suppressing back reflections of light, leading to better signal quality for sensing and information technology. Researchers demonstrate a new technique for ...

A research team has developed a new way to measure and predict how plant leaves scatter and reflect light, revealing that ...

Fog, twilight, and night create reduced spaces in which shapes, lines, and contrasts are particularly effective. Many of the ...