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General Physics May 30, 2022

Chip-scale Floquet topological insulators to enhance 5G wireless communications

Floquet topological insulators are materials with topological phases that originate from tailored time-dependent perturbations of their crystal structure. These materials have been proved to feature highly unusual electron ...

Cell & Microbiology May 25, 2022

Studying ways to maximize environmental benefits of green algae

There's a special class of green algae that has the potential to revolutionize sustainability efforts. These so-called diatoms are abundant in nature and their structures could be used for environmentally friendly, high-value ...

Space Exploration May 25, 2022

NASA-supported solar sail could take science to new heights

As NASA's exploration continues to push boundaries, a new solar sail concept selected by the agency for development toward a demonstration mission could carry science to new destinations.

Materials Science May 25, 2022

Using origami and kirigami to inspire reconfigurable yet structural materials

Origami, the Japanese art of folding paper into decorative shapes and figures, has long served as inspiration for industrial design. The concept of folding has been used to build reconfigurable structures, which change their ...

Optics & Photonics May 23, 2022

One step closer to making terahertz technology usable in the real world

Researchers have discovered in two-dimensional conductive systems a new effect that promises improved performance of terahertz detectors.

Quantum Physics May 23, 2022

Custom 'headphones' boost atomic radio reception 100-fold

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have boosted the sensitivity of their atomic radio receiver a hundredfold by enclosing a small glass cylinder of cesium atoms inside what looks like ...

Condensed Matter May 19, 2022

Blurring the boundary between Floquet matter and metamaterials

Metamaterials—artificial media with tailored subwavelength structures—have now encompassed a broad range of novel properties that are unavailable in nature. This field of research has stretched across different wave platforms, ...

Optics & Photonics May 13, 2022

Terahertz near-field microscopy based on an air-plasma dynamic aperture

As a novel far-infrared inspection method, the development of terahertz (THz) imaging technology has attracted considerable attention in recent years. With the unique properties of THz radiation, such as non-ionizing photon ...

Optics & Photonics May 3, 2022

Metamaterial significantly enhances chiral nanoparticle signals

The left hand looks like the right hand in the mirror but the left-handed glove does not fit on the right hand. Chirality refers to this property where the object cannot be superimposed on to the mirror image. This property ...

Condensed Matter Apr 27, 2022

Zero-index metamaterials offer new insights into the foundations of quantum mechanics

In physics, as in life, it's always good to look at things from different perspectives.

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