Can light itself, perhaps from a laser, cast a shadow? It might seem like a trick question, but the answer to this is "yes." ...

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

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

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

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

Scientists have shown that laser light, under certain conditions, can behave like an object and cast a shadow.

Abrahao from Brookhaven National Laboratory, researchers observed that under specific conditions, one laser beam can block ...

Laser beams have been shown to cast shadows, defying previous notions that light cannot block light. This phenomenon, ...

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

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

The technique works because the green laser (wavelength 532 nanometers) changes the way the crystal responds to some other ...

Researchers used a ruby crystal and specific laser wavelengths to demonstrate that a laser beam could obstruct light and ...