In the experiment, a high-power green laser passed through a ruby cube, illuminated from the side by a blue laser. The green laser increased the ruby’s absorption of the blue light, creating a darker ...

Fifth graders at Dutch Lane Elementary School in Hicksville are bringing the classroom outside as part of a science experiment. During the space systems unit, teacher Stephanie Sullo engaged her ...

Light's shadow: Researchers showed that a laser beam can sometimes act like a solid object and cast a shadow that is visible to the naked eye. In the picture, the shadow appears as the horizontal line ...

RENEGADES OF RHYTHM TOUR WHEN%3A 9 p.m. Monday WHERE%3A Mercury Ballroom%2C 611 S. Fourth St. COST%3A %2425 When Afrika Bambaataa was on the frontline of New York's emerging rap scene in the late ...

Measuring tall items or buildings is possible for you to do, even if you don't have a ladder. But how? In this experiment, you will be using shadow heights created by the sun to measure! You will ...

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Sight begins with light. Look around and everything you perceive is the result of particles of light bouncing off surfaces and traveling to your eyes. For millennia visual artists have played tricks ...

Researchers can reconstruct a scene that's hidden from a camera's line of sight. This is an Inside Science story. Shadows are everywhere. Some may look like formless blobs, but researchers are now ...