Teresa Marrodán Undagoitia has been appointed as professor by special appointment in Novel Detection and Analysis Techniques for Dark Matter and Neutrino Experiments at the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam. The chair is being established on behalf of the Bèta Plus Foundation and will be embedded in the Nikhef Dark Matter group of the Institute for High Energy Physics within the UvA-Institute of Physics.

Researchers at the University of Naples Federico II have developed a groundbreaking liquid-crystal-based photonic circuit platform capable of manipulating hundreds of optical modes in a compact, two-dimensional setup. This new optical processor addresses the challenge of optical losses in large-scale photonic systems by maintaining constant losses as the number of modes increases. By extending previous one-dimensional simulations to two-dimensional architectures, the team demonstrated simulations spanning up to 800 optical modes, marking a significant advancement. This technology has the potential to enhance quantum simulations and all-optical AI systems, offering a scalable and efficient approach to complex computational tasks.

Successfully harnessing the power of fusion energy could lead to cleaner and safer energy for all – and contribute substantially to combatting the climate crisis. Towards this goal, Type One Energy has published a comprehensive, self-consistent, and robust physics basis for a practical fusion pilot power plant.  

This groundbreaking research is presented in a series of six peer-reviewed scientific papers in a special issue of the prestigious Journal of Plasma Physics (JPP), published by Cambridge University Press. 

A team led by researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, has discovered brand new interference patterns in twisted two-dimensional tungsten ditelluride lattices. These so-called moiré patterns can be tuned to look like periodic spots or even one-dimensional bands by adjusting the twist angle between layers, and they can drastically alter the physical properties of the material.