stackyFACTSYour morning routine of staring into the void is made possible by a microscopic layer of silver on glass. Mirrors reflect visible light perfectly because the metal's free electrons repel incoming electromagnetic waves. You are essentially looking at a synchronized photon rejection system.
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Looking inside a human traditionally required a knife, until we found a light wave that ignores soft tissue entirely. X-ray imaging floods your body with…
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Squeezing light through a tiny hole causes the waves to physically interfere with each other, meaning maximum focus actually results in a softer image.
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Human eyes are terribly biased, so we built machines to objectively judge the color of our chemicals. A colorimeter shines specific wavelengths of light…
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