News articles tagged with 'metamaterial'
Berkeley researchers create first hyperlens for sound waves
— 26 Oct 2009 09:18 | TechnologyUltrasound and underwater sonar devices could 'see' a big improvement thanks to development of the world's first acoustic hyperlens. Created by researchers with the U.S. Department... — full story
Beyond the looking glass
— 13 Aug 2009 09:27 | TechnologyWhile the researchers can't promise delivery to a parallel universe or a school for wizards, books like Pullman's Dark Materials and JK Rowling's Harry Potter are steps closer to reality... — full story
Discovery at UAB brings us nearer to making the dream of invisibility true
— 7 Jul 2009 17:58 | TechnologyA group of researchers from the Department of Physics at UAB have designed a device, called a dc metamaterial, which makes objects invisible under certain light - very low frequency... — full story
Nanocups brim with potential
— 22 Mar 2009 16:00 | TechnologyResearchers at Rice University have created a metamaterial that could light the way toward high-powered optics, ultra-efficient solar cells and even cloaking devices... — full story
Team develops new metamaterial device
— 25 Feb 2009 13:50 | TechnologyAn engineered metamaterial proved it can function as a state-of-the-art device in the complex terahertz range of the electromagnetic spectrum, setting a standard of performance for... — full story
Engineers create 3-D material that can bend light backwards
— 13 Aug 2008 13:55 | TechnologyEngineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have for the first time designed 3-D materials that can reverse the natural direction of visible and near-infrared light, a development... — full story
Novel metamaterial proves to be a 'perfect' absorber of light
— 30 May 2008 20:54 | PhysicsA team of scientists from Boston College and Duke University has developed a highly-engineered metamaterial capable of absorbing all of the light that strikes it - to a scientific standard... — full story
Researchers bridge the 'terahertz gap' with new tuneable metamaterial
— 16 Apr 2008 17:07 | TechnologyA frequency-agile metamaterial that for the first time can be tuned over a range of frequencies in the so-called 'terahertz gap' has been engineered by a team of researchers from Boston... — full story
T-rays can revolutionise security sensing and scanning
— 3 Feb 2008 18:00 | PhysicsA new generation of sensors for detecting explosives and poisons could be developed following new research into a type of radiation known as T-rays, published today, 3 February 2008,... — full story
Novel semiconductor structure bends light wrong way
— 15 Oct 2007 13:18 | PhysicsA Princeton-led research team has created an easy-to-produce material from the stuff of computer chips that has the rare ability to bend light in the opposite direction from all naturally... — full story
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