Physicists have made a groundbreaking discovery that challenges the traditional understanding of light by demonstrating that ...

In the above image, the shadow appears as the horizontal line traversing the blue background. Credit: Abrahao et al. The experiment resulted from a lunch conversation about how some 3D diagrams ...

A new experiment has demonstrated something that sounds physically impossible – light itself casting a shadow. It turns out that if you manipulate a laser just right, then hit it side-on with ...

After discussing the quirks in 3D modeling software, where a laser beam is treated as a solid object that can cast a shadow, scientists decided to experiment in real life — and found that laser ...