Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Vision is the perception of light. To comprehend the nature of human vision, an understanding of the properties ...

Phononic crystals are novel materials that offer exceptional control over phonons, sound and other mechanical waves. Taras Gorishnyy, Martin Maldovan, Chaitanya Ullal and Edwin Thomas report on a ...

My daughter was pretty annoyed with her iPod case (with a screen protector). It had this interference pattern on it – here is a vine version. This is called a thin film interference pattern. Basically ...

Many properties of light are properties of waves, including reflection, refraction, and diffraction. Ch Frame Code Title 1 A Opening Sequence 2 02479 G Light, Electric And Magnetic Field 3 05649 V An ...

Bright colors appear on a fruit fly’s transparent wings against a dark background as a result of light refraction. Researchers have now demonstrated that females choose a mate based on the males’ ...