A company called Reflect Orbital wants to illuminate the Earth after sunset with orbital sky mirrors, raising alarm bells.

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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 ...

Gemstones like precious opal are beautiful to look at and deceivingly complex. As you look at such gems from different angles ...

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 ...

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.