Weird Light-Bending Experiment Turns Scientists Into 'Coneheads'
Physics Laws of Light & Optics | Light Refraction and Reflection
http://www.livescience.com/15873-light-bending-experiment-physicists-coneheads.html/
In a mind-bending, and light-bending, discovery, scientists have produced a fun-house-like warping of light that defies existing laws of physics. For centuries, simple equations (taught every year to high-school physics students) have described how light moves through different media, for example from air into glass. Now, however, researchers have found that if the boundary between media is sufficiently complex (in this case, coated with nano-sized wires), those laws no longer apply.
http://www.livescience.com/15873-light-bending-experiment-physicists-coneheads.html/
In a mind-bending, and light-bending, discovery, scientists have produced a fun-house-like warping of light that defies existing laws of physics. For centuries, simple equations (taught every year to high-school physics students) have described how light moves through different media, for example from air into glass. Now, however, researchers have found that if the boundary between media is sufficiently complex (in this case, coated with nano-sized wires), those laws no longer apply.