Scientists Use 4D to Reach , Metamaterial Breakthrough.<br />'Popular Mechanics' reports that the fourth dimension <br />is helping scientists to reach some sci-fi level<br />breakthroughs in the development of metamaterials.<br />Using advanced mathematics and light, researchers <br />are able to develop "synthetic dimensions" beyond <br />the three dimensions we normally perceive. .<br />A team of scientists at the University of Missouri College <br />of Engineering developed a metamaterial capable of <br />controlling energy waves on the surface of solid materials.<br />A team of scientists at the University of Missouri College <br />of Engineering developed a metamaterial capable of <br />controlling energy waves on the surface of solid materials.<br />'Popular Mechanics' reports that these waves can <br />determine the way vibrations travel along a surface.<br />The team's findings were published <br />last week in the journal 'Science Advances.'.<br />Conventional materials are <br />limited to only three dimensions<br />with an X, Y and Z axis, Guoliang Huang, MU professor and study co-author, via 'Popular Mechanics'.<br />But now we are building materials in the <br />synthetic dimension, or 4D, which allows us <br />to manipulate the energy wave path to go <br />exactly where we want it to go as it travels <br />from one corner of a material to another, Guoliang Huang, MU professor and study co-author, via 'Popular Mechanics'.<br />The new metamaterial represents a breakthrough in <br />the field of mathematics known as topology, which <br />focuses on shapes and their arrangement in space.<br />The new paper describes <br />"topological pumping," which , "allows waves to navigate a sample <br />undisturbed by disorders and defects.".<br />'Popular Mechanics' reports that the breakthrough <br />could have implications for everything from quantum <br />computing to developing earthquake-proof structures. .<br />'Popular Mechanics' reports that the breakthrough <br />could have implications for everything from quantum <br />computing to developing earthquake-proof structures.
