acoustics

Physics

By listening to quantum atoms, we talk together thanks to the acoustics.

EPFL metamaterial. Photos available in the press kit. Credit: Alain Herzog/EPFL What happens when quantum physicists are unhappy with the limitations of quantum mechanics when they try to study densely packed atoms? EPFL obtains metamaterials, an engineering material that exhibits exotic properties. The frustrated physicist is a Ph.D. student Matthew Paddleski. In collaboration with Hervé Lissek and Romain Fleury at…