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November 3, 2020
From Yale News (November 3, 2020), “How insects find their targets in a chaotic world” Insects use a well-honed sense of smell to transmit diseases, destroy crops, and...
In this graphic, which illustrates the idea of coherent perfect absorption, a complex input electromagnetic wave is “perfectly” absorbed by the small black rod in the middle. The surrounding grey rods, meanwhile, are non-absorbing and reflect or refract the waves. Only with this special input wave is it possible to trap all the energy within the structure, where it is completely absorbed. (Courtesy of A. Douglas Stone)
November 2, 2020
From Yale News (October 29, 2020), “Breaking symmetries for a new generation of materials” A new generation of materials, engineered at the microscopic level, is poised to...
October 29, 2020
Zach Andalman, ‘23, who has done research in the Strontium Lab with Assistant Professor Nir Navon, was featured in the September 8th (volume 1) issue of the Yale Society of...
October 29, 2020
Jean Wang, ‘22, who has done research at Wright Lab with Associate Professor of Physics Reina Maruyama on the HAYSTAC project, was featured in the September 22nd (volume 2)...
October 28, 2020
Claire Laffan, ‘21, who has done research with Horace D. Taft Associate Professor of Physics Sarah Demers on both her Mu2e and ATLAS projects, was featured in the October...