It was a dark and stormy night. (I've always wanted to start off with that line.) You were driving home from work. The rain had finally stopped, but the roads were wet and shiny, making it difficult ...

An image printed on reflectance paper responds to the direction from which it is illuminated. The reflectance paper is covered with dimples that reflect light from different directions. See video ...

This episode is about how different objects absorb or reflect light, called albedo. We will use dark things and light things to show how it works. It all comes down to this thing called albedo. White ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Researchers at Intel Labs in the US have developed a 3D display technology that can correctly model the way that objects reflect light and that fits into relatively small hardware accelerators.

How does color work, and how does the type of light source you use affect the colors you see? Appliance Science looks at the science of light and color. Richard Baguley Richard Baguley has been ...