Show Notes 3 April 2026

Researchers Develop Photonic Crystal Light Sails for Interplanetary Exploration National
Today.com
https://nationaltoday.com/us/al/tuskegee/news/2026/03/06/researchers-develop-photonic-crystal-light-sail-for-interplanetary-exploration/

Fuel-free interplanetary travel:
Photonic crystal sail could help laser beams push spacecraft MSN
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/fuel-free-interplanetary-travel-photonic-crystal-sail-could-help-laser-beams-push-spacecraft/ar-AA1XLjxK
Design and manufacture of a photonic crystal light sail SPIE Digital Library
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/journal-of-nanophotonics/volume-19/issue-04/046008/Design-and-manufacture-of-a-photonic-crystal-light-sail/10.1117/1.JNP.19.046008.full
NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) NASA
https://www.nasa.gov/mission/acs3/
How UCLA scientists helped reimagine a forgotten battery design from Thomas Edison UCLA
https://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/how-ucla-scientists-helped-reimagine-a-forgotten-battery-design-from-thomas-edison/
A Fast-Charging, High-Stability Nickel-Iron Battery via Protein-Induced Biomineralization Wiley Online Library
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/smll.202507934
Quantum-inspired laser system delivers distance measurements with sub-millimeter accuracy Phys.org
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-quantum-laser-distance-millimeter-accuracy.html
How your virtual twin could one day save your life IEEE Spectrum
https://spectrum.ieee.org/living-heart-project-virtual-twins
The Living Heart Project Dassault Systèmes
https://www.3ds.com/heart
The Living Heart Project: A Decade of Innovation YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae_IqlxgCME
Lab-grown algae removes microplastics from water University of Missouri
https://engineering.missouri.edu/2026/lab-grown-algae-removes-microplastics-from-water/