Analogue Experiments

China’s Smart Surface Aims to Turn Radar into Aircraft Power

A paper from Xidian University describes a reconfigurable metasurface that can switch between scattering and radiation modes and harvest ambient radar energy—an advance that could… Jan 05, 2026

Technology

A 2,000‑Year‑Old Loom and the Origin of Computing

China’s science body has argued that a Western Han figured loom discovered in Chengdu could be read as a programmable, binary device — a claim that reframes what we mean by ‘first… Jan 02, 2026

Physics

How Feynman Rewrote Motion

Richard Feynman's path-integral idea shows that classical motion is an emergent pattern of quantum possibilities; a 2023 experiment made that emergence visible by measuring single… Jan 01, 2026

Physics

How Scientists 'Reversed' Time in the Lab

Two separate laboratory breakthroughs — one using a metamaterial time mirror for electromagnetic waves, the other a quantum 'rewind' protocol for single particles — have demonstra… Dec 24, 2025

Physics

Time Reflection Confirmed; Propulsion Claims Persist

Researchers report the first laboratory observation of time reflection for electromagnetic waves, while a separate team presses controversial claims of a propellant‑less drive. Bo… Dec 03, 2025

Physics

Physicists outline tabletop analogue to witness particle creation from vacuum

Theorists propose using a thin superfluid helium film to emulate the Schwinger effect: strong effective fields would nucleate vortex–antivortex pairs, offering a low-temperature l… Nov 15, 2025

Articles about Analogue Experiments

China’s Smart Surface Aims to Turn Radar into Aircraft Power

A 2,000‑Year‑Old Loom and the Origin of Computing

How Feynman Rewrote Motion

How Scientists 'Reversed' Time in the Lab

Time Reflection Confirmed; Propulsion Claims Persist

Physicists outline tabletop analogue to witness particle creation from vacuum