General Physics
Feb 18, 2020
In acoustic waves, engineers break reciprocity with 'spacetime-varying metamaterials'
Reciprocity isn't always a good thing.
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Condensed Matter
Feb 13, 2020
Fragile topology: Two new studies explain the strange electron flow in future materials
Electrons race along the surface of certain unusual crystalline materials, except that sometimes they don't. Two new studies from Princeton researchers and their collaborators explain the source of the surprising behavior ...
Materials Science
Feb 5, 2020
Fastest high-precision 3-D printer
3-D printers working in the millimeter range and larger are increasingly used in industrial production processes. Many applications, however, require precise printing on the micrometer scale at a far higher speed. Researchers ...
General Physics
Feb 3, 2020
Scientists discover hidden symmetries, opening new avenues for material design
When you knock on a melon to see if it's ripe, you are using sound waves to probe the structure of the material inside. Physicists at the University of Chicago were using the same concept to explore how sound waves travel ...
General Physics
Jan 27, 2020
Topological defects produce exotic mechanics in complex metamaterials
Metamaterials have properties that depend on their shape and architecture. Researchers at AMOLF, Leiden University and Tel Aviv University have found a new way of designing these metamaterials and their properties by deliberately ...
General Physics
Jan 10, 2020
Wave physics as an analog recurrent neural network
Analog machine learning hardware offers a promising alternative to digital counterparts as a more energy efficient and faster platform. Wave physics based on acoustics and optics is a natural candidate to build analog processors ...
Materials Science
Dec 20, 2019
Using a material's 'memory' to encode unique physical properties
A new study published in Science Advances found that certain types of materials have a "memory" of how they were processed, stored, and manipulated. Researchers were then able to use this memory to control how a material ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 13, 2019
Study leads to new approach to trapping light in photonic kagome crystals
A new approach to trapping light in artificial photonic materials by a City College of New York-led team could lead to a tremendous boost in the transfer speed of data online.
Materials Science
Dec 6, 2019
Smart simulations chart the behavior of surprising structures
AMOLF researchers are studying three-dimensional prismatic structures that can assume different shapes with the aim of producing metamaterials that have multiple properties. Researchers have found a new way to simulate the ...
Nanophysics
Nov 25, 2019
Self-assembling system uses magnets to mimic specific binding in DNA
Sometimes it's best to let the magnets do all the work.
