Funhouse mirrors help us learn about light and reflection. Mirrors are used for more than checking your face in the morning. Scientists have lots of uses for mirrors. Find out more about the different ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16—As in Alice's journey through the looking-glass to Wonderland, mirrors in the real world can sometimes behave in surprising and unexpected ways, including a new class of mirror ...

Bigger is better. For Rayman Boozer, owner of New York design firm Apartment 48, no mirror is too big. But if you’re not into the drama of oversize mirrors, at least rely upon the 75% rule, says Mandy ...

Exploiting a novel technique called phase discontinuity, researchers have induced light rays to behave in a way that defies the centuries-old laws of reflection and refraction. The discovery has led ...

Owing to the wave nature of light there are many ways that such different waves can interact with each other, but also with materials. Everyone knows about reflecting light with a mirror, which is a ...

The critical importance of the groove dimensions in the overall design of the magnetic mirror can be understood in more depth by realizing that its operation relies on magnetoelectric interference of ...

In a Queen Anne home on Spruce Street in the Carrollton neighborhood, there's one type of accessory that truly reflects the special style of the owner, Dr. Anne Hull. Among the vintage rugs, ...

Scientists have demonstrated, for the first time, a new type of mirror that forgoes a familiar shiny metallic surface and instead reflects infrared light by using an unusual magnetic property of a non ...