Opaque materials are used for a wide variety of applications, ranging from creating doors that are neither see-through, nor completely closed off, paints, fabric, paper, biological tissue and so on. While in some instances it is useful to have an opaque material, in other cases scientists are struggling hard to surpa... |
18 March 2010 11:56 GMT |
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Scientists at the University of Minnesota have recently been able to devise cheap ways of manipulating light in peculiar manners, when they have established new techniques to produce very smooth, patterned, thin nanofilms. According to Technology Review, their work could lead to significant improvements in the fields... |
31 July 2009 01:26 GMT |
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Our eyes cannot make the distinction between regular light and polarized light. However, with the help of a pair of polarized sunglasses, one would be able to see how the world would look like if only we were able to see polarized light, for example. The sky would suddenly become darker, giving you a better perspecti... |
15 May 2008 11:13 GMT |
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