Can light itself cast a shadow? It may sound like a philosophical riddle, but researchers have found that under certain ...

Shadows are a natural consequence of opaque walls in an illuminated Universe. Light shines; photons travel until they hit an ...

This could enable new tech for controlling light with light, opening doors to advanced fabrication, imaging, and illumination ...

Can light itself cast a shadow? It may sound like a philosophical riddle, but researchers have found that under certain ...

A new experiment has demonstrated something that sounds physically impossible – light itself casting a shadow. It turns out ...

After discussing the quirks in 3D modeling software, where a laser beam is treated as a solid object that can cast a shadow, ...

In a recent study, researchers from the University of Ottawa have demonstrated a remarkable new phenomenon: a laser beam ...

With the help of a ruby cube and two laser beams, researchers made one ray of light cast a shadow when illuminated by the ...

WASHINGTON - Can light itself cast a shadow? It may sound like a philosophical riddle, but researchers have found that under certain conditions, a laser beam can act like an opaque object and cast a ...

Brookhaven researchers have revealed that a laser beam can cast a shadow through nonlinear optical processes, challenging ...

A shadow is a dark shape made when light is stopped or blocked by an object or a person. Some objects are opaque such as stone, metal and wood. This means light doesn't travel through them.

The closer to the light source an object is, the bigger the shadow will be. This is because the object blocks more of the light. The further away from the light source an object is, the smaller ...