Optical illusions get our brain to exercise, and they are also a way to reveal our innermost personality and hidden traits.

Sun dogs develop similar to other optical phenomena such as rainbows. However, there are a few key differences between rainbows and sun dogs. For example, sunlight passes through water droplets ...

as well as Imperial College London and University College London suggest leveraging an optical phenomenon called chromatic ...

The green flash is a rare optical phenomenon above the horizon directly at sunrise or sunset. The color is caused by green ...

It's a so-called nonlinear optical phenomenon, for example, similar to the sum- and difference-frequency generation effects used in high-energy pulsed laser systems. Thus, this nanodisk combines ...

The discovery has led to a reformulation of the mathematical laws that predict the path of a ray of light bouncing off a surface or traveling from one medium into another -- for example ...

Diffraction is a classic optical phenomenon accounting for light propagation ... "A few representative examples are given for both scalar and vector diffraction to demonstrate the improvement ...

It wasn't his eyes deceiving him, but a rare weather phenomenon that causes an optical illusion more often ... Morris seem to be some of the clearest examples of a superior mirage to date.

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Robyn by emailing r.white@newsweek.com A photographer has captured an optical phenomenon that looks like an "interdimensional portal." Photographer ...