A glass prism is a transparent object having two triangular ends and three rectangular sides. The refraction of light in glass prism is different from a glass slab. This is because in glass prism, the ...

When you shine a flashlight into a glass of water, the beam bends. That simple observation, familiar since ancient times, ...

CBSE Science Class 10 Chapter 9 Mind Map: Understanding science is a tough task that becomes a more tedious job if resources are limited. Chemistry, Physics, and Biology are the subjects of science.

Science presenter Jon Chase explains the refraction of light. He demonstrates how refraction can make the handle of a Pyrex jug seemingly disappear. He explains this is because when light travels ...

Scientists have demonstrated that negative refraction can be achieved using atomic arrays -- without the need for artificially manufactured metamaterials. Scientists have long sought to control light ...

Scientists have created a new class of laser beam that appears to violate long-held laws of light physics. These new beams, which the team calls “spacetime wave packets,” follow different rules of ...

Physicists in the US have demonstrated negative refraction at optical wavelengths for the first time. Vladimir Shalaev and colleagues at Purdue University obtained the result in a material consisting ...

To investigate refraction in rectangular blocks and find out how it is different for different substances ...

Every physicist knows that refraction causes light to bend as it passes from air into water. But in a chiral liquid, refraction is a little different: the light splits into two separate beams of ...