If you need to take some fancy looking photos of your items with a smartphone, you can use your computer monitor for a bright background and set your item on a flat, reflective surface. YouTuber Dylan ...

Two parallel optical surfaces often exhibit colorful fringes along the lines of equal thickness because of the interference of light. This simple phenomenon allows one to observe subwavelength ...

A new kind of “invisibility cloak” that conceals an object lying on a flat, reflective surface has been built by researchers in the US. The device is an improvement over earlier microwave cloaks as it ...

Currently, there is a need for improved materials which can overcome traditional problems faced by device design in areas like flat screen panels. Materials that mimic natural structures have been the ...

Researchers show that switching between reflective and scattering states can be achieved with just 1.4 V, about the same voltage used to light a typical LED. Researchers have developed a way to ...

Some materials earn their place in a space because they’re tough. Others, because they look stunning. And then there are those rare few that manage to tick both boxes—materials that not only catch the ...