Optical coherent perfect absorption and amplification in a time-varying medium - Nature Photonics

The researchers show that a subwavelength film of indium tin oxide, the bulk permittivity of which is strategically modulated via optical pumping, can be dynamically tuned to act as both a non-resonan...

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A more focused research system does not by itself solve structural deficits

Anton Muscatelli and Miles Padgett think through the deeper issues in UK research – from cost recovery and dual support to doctoral training and organisational structure – that won’t be solved by simp...

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My New Year Wishes for Universities

... a modest list

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Riccardo Sapienza - Metamaterials that vary in time unlock superluminal motion

YouTube video by Aula Rostagni UniPadova DFA

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Bridging the gap between scientists, policy makers and industry to build the quantum ecosystem – Physics World

Elizabeth Pasatembou and Dimitrie Cielecki discuss their experience of doing science policy engagement during their PhDs

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Quantum information or metamaterials: our predictions for this year’s Nobel Prize for Physics – Physics World

It’s a mug’s game, but we always have a go

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John Pendry: the physics of invisibility

Our podcast on science and technology. This week, theoretical physicist John Pendry explains the mind-bending science of metamaterials

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Help! We Broke the Speed of Light!

YouTube video by Physics with Tony

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Research Assistant/Associate at Imperial College London

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Scientists’ role in defending democracy

The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...

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Understanding University Finances

... a very short guide

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The Economist on X: "If computing power brings about technological advances without human input, and enough of the pay-off is reinvested in building still more powerful machines, wealth could accumulate at unprecedented speed https://t.co/468PT8ywKn" / X

If computing power brings about technological advances without human input, and enough of the pay-off is reinvested in building still more powerful machines, wealth could accumulate at unprecedented speed https://t.co/468PT8ywKn

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Research Assistant/Associate at Imperial College London

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Surface Plasmon Polariton Excitation in Time-modulated Media

Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are central to application areas such as sensing, energy harvesting, and nanoscale optics, and are typically excited via spatial structuring -- an approach lacking dy...

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ALT: a group of minions are standing next to each other and they are laughing and saying yay

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