News articles tagged with 'reflection'
Physicists move closer to efficient single-photon sources
— 17 Mar 2011 20:49 | PhysicsA team of physicists in the United Kingdom has taken a giant step toward realising efficient single-photon sources, which are expected to enable much-coveted completely secure optical…
Reflected glory
— 17 Feb 2011 17:06 | AstronomyMessier 78 is a fine example of a reflection nebula. The ultraviolet radiation from the stars that illuminate it is not intense enough to ionise the gas to make it glow - its dust particles…
VISTA reveals the secret of the unicorn
— 7 Oct 2010 16:00 | AstronomyAn active stellar nursery lies hidden inside a massive dark cloud rich in molecules and dust in the constellation of Monoceros. Although it appears close in the sky to the more familiar…
For the first time, monkeys recognise themselves in the mirror, indicating self-awareness
— 30 Sep 2010 11:38 | BiologyTypically, monkeys don't know what to make of a mirror. They may ignore it or interpret their reflection as another, invading monkey, but they don't recognise the reflection as their…
Perfectly non-reflecting
— 6 May 2010 15:08 | TechnologyA new nanocoating ensures a perfectly non-reflecting view on displays and through eyeglasses. The necessary surface structure is applied to the polymeric parts during manufacture, obviating…
Physicists develop a multifunctional storage device for light
— 29 Jul 2009 17:11 | PhysicsLight is intangible and, in addition, it travels at great velocity. Nevertheless, it can be confined to a very small space by controllably inserting light into a microscopic container…
Earthshine reflects Earth's oceans and continents from the dark side of the Moon
— 7 Apr 2009 15:34 | AstronomyResearchers from the University of Melbourne and Princeton University have shown for the first time that the difference in reflection of light from the Earth's land masses and oceans…
Scientists produce the smoothest surface ever created
— 23 Sep 2008 13:00 | TechnologyA team of physicists from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) and the Madrid Institute of Advanced Studies in Nanoscience (IMDEA-Nanociencia) has created the 'quantum stabilised…
Strange-behaving crystals could have impact on research and technology
— 3 Jan 2008 21:38 | ChemistryAll of us break the rules from time to time - even crystals. 'There are all sorts of rules about what crystals can do during phase transitions,' said Mark D. Hollingsworth, associate…
The future of sunbathing tree frogs under a cloud
— 19 Nov 2007 20:01 | BiologyAnimal conservationists in Manchester are turning to physics to investigate whether global warming is responsible for killing sun-loving South American tree frogs. In a unique collaborative…
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