Tag Archives: iridescence

The curious case of the blue coloured ice cream

Posted on December 4, 2022 by

From an unusual ice cream colour to quantum mechanics to ecology to semiconductors to gastroporn. Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Scicomm | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, anthocyanins, blue LED, blue screen, blue spirulina, C-phycocyanin, Charles Spence, electroluminescence, experimental psychology, FT Marinetti, gallium nitride, gastroporn, iridescence, Maria Jose San Roman, Morpho butterflies, Planck's equation, pterobilin, Rayleigh scattering, structural coloration | Comments Off

What it takes to wash a strainer: soap, water and some wave optics

Posted on November 19, 2017 by

When I stay over at a friend’s place whenever I come to Delhi, I try to help around the house. But more often than not, I just do the dishes – often a lot of dishes. One item I’ve always … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged constructive interference, destructive interference, diffraction grating, dishwashing, double-slit experiment, goniochromism, iridescence, rainbow, thin-film interference, wave optics | Comments Off