Black Butterfly Enhances Photovoltaic Light Absorption Up to 200 Percent
New research focuses on the wings of the black butterfly (Pachliopta aristolochiae), which are covered by micro- and nanostructured scales that harvest sunlight over a…
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Kit Researchers Create Mechanical Invisibility Cloak
Using metamaterials, researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology developed a mechanical invisibility cloak that hides objects from touch. In the past years, invisibility cloaks…
Physicists Build Invisibility Cloaks for Visible Light in Diffusive Media
Physicists from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a simple method for building and testing an invisibility cloak for diffusive light-scattering media. Real invisibility…
Scientists Stabilize the Magnetic Moment of Single Holmium Atoms
Researchers from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have made a big step towards a single-atom bit, showing that the magnetic moments of single holmium atoms on…
Researchers Transmit Wireless Data at 100 Gbit/s
In a newly published study, researchers present a method for wireless data transmission at a world-record rate of 100 gigabits per second. Extension of cable-based…
Thermal Cloak Molds the Flow of Heat Around an Object
Scientists from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have constructed a micro-structured thermal cloak that molds the flow of heat around an object. By means of…
Scientists Develop Silicon-Based Light-Emitting Diodes (SiLEDs)
Researchers have developed silicon-based light-emitting diodes (SiLEDs) that have the ability to change color from the deep red down to the yellow-orange spectral region by…
Electronic Read-out of the Quantum State of an Atom
In a newly published study, researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and their colleagues have shown the first direct real-space images of spin-split molecular…
Pentamode Metamaterial Opens New Possibilities in Transformation Acoustics
A team of scientists have created new material class through the manufacturing of a stable crystalline metafluid. The pentamode metamaterial is extremely light and displays…