Research Programmes

From active deployments to fifty-year moonshots, Atumics pursues a coherent research agenda that traces every programme back to the three divine attributes.

Active Programmes

These programmes have passed the fundamental research stage and are producing results — from deployed systems to commercial products to regulatory milestones.

AEGIS

Omniscience

Multi-modal sensing platform for occluded-environment mapping. Operational with NATO forces.

Active — Deployed

ORACLE

Omniscience

Causal lightcone extraction — reconstructing past events from residual environmental information.

Active — Research Stage

SpectraLens

Omniscience

Quantum EM sensor arrays approaching Heisenberg-limit sensitivity.

Active — Commercial

APF

Omnipotence

The Atumics Programming Framework for atomic-scale functional design.

Active — v2.0 Released

HEARTH

Omnipresence

Subcritical micro-nuclear power units for residential deployment.

Active — Regulatory Phase

ZEPHYR

Omnipresence

Electro-hydrodynamic propulsion for silent, moving-parts-free flight.

Active — Field Testing

VULCAN

Omnipresence

In-situ autonomous resource extraction without surface excavation.

Active — Pilot Operations

Long-Range Moonshots

These programmes operate at the boundary of current physical understanding. They are not expected to produce deployable results within this decade, but they define the direction of our ambition.

LIGHTCONE

2045+ Omniscience

Reconstruction of deep history from multi-interaction trajectory analysis. The long-range aspiration of the Omniscience pillar: given enough sensor data and compute, reconstruct events that occurred days, weeks, or years in the past from the residual information in the current physical state of an environment. This programme pushes the theoretical bounds of information preservation in physical systems.

PROMETHEUS

2042+ Omnipresence

Compact nuclear-electric propulsion for interplanetary vehicles. Builds on HEARTH reactor technology scaled to 500 kW through 5 MW for deep-space missions. Developed in collaboration with ESA. The enabling technology for sustained human presence beyond Earth orbit.

DEMIURGE

2050+ Omnipotence

Fully autonomous molecular assembly. The end-state of the programmable matter programme: specify any physical object and have it manufactured atom-by-atom through biologically-inspired self-assembly, with no manual steps. Colloquially called "print-a-thing." The ultimate expression of Omnipotence.

Open Problems & Collaboration

We do not pretend to have all the answers. These are problems we are actively working on where external collaboration — from academic institutions, national laboratories, and independent researchers — is welcomed and supported.

Information Persistence in Thermal Environments

To what extent does information about past events survive thermalization? What are the fundamental limits on passive event reconstruction in realistic (non-laboratory) conditions?

Self-Replicating Molecular Assemblers at Scale

Laboratory demonstrations of molecular self-replication exist but error rates compound exponentially. How do biological systems solve the error-correction problem, and can we engineer equivalent mechanisms?

Subcritical Neutron Economy Optimization

Accelerator-driven subcritical systems sacrifice fuel efficiency for safety. Can metamaterial neutron reflectors and novel moderator geometries close the efficiency gap without compromising subcriticality?

Cross-Domain Neural Surrogate Architectures

AI fast-simulation surrogates trained on one physics domain (e.g., electromagnetics) do not transfer to another (e.g., molecular dynamics). What architectures can learn transferable representations of physical law?

Gamma-Photovoltaic Conversion Efficiency

Direct conversion of gamma radiation to electricity bypasses thermal cycles but current efficiencies are below 5%. What material systems and device architectures can approach theoretical limits?

Selected Publications

Non-Line-of-Sight Reconstruction via Multi-Bounce Inversion of Wideband Radar Returns

Skaersoe, M., Hansen, L., Petersen, K.

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 2031

Quantum-Enhanced Electromagnetic Sensing Using NV-Diamond Plasmonic Nanoantenna Arrays

Lindgren, A., Skaersoe, M., Christensen, N.

Physical Review Applied, 2033

Toward Causal Lightcone Extraction: Information-Theoretic Bounds on Passive Event Reconstruction

Skaersoe, M., Johansson, F., Rasmussen, T.

Nature Physics, 2035

Subcritical Micro-Reactor Design with Metamaterial Radiation Shielding

Atumics Energy Division, Risoe National Laboratory

Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2034

Self-Assembled Plasmonic Nanoantenna Arrays via DNA Origami Scaffolding

Moeller, S., Skaersoe, M., Wong, J.

Nature Nanotechnology, 2032

Representation-Less Scientific Discovery: Autonomous Hypothesis Generation from Raw Experimental Data

Atumics AI Division

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2036

Electro-Hydrodynamic Lift Enhancement through Structured Ionization Fields

Jensen, P., Skaersoe, M.

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2033

General Solution Synthesis: A Framework for AI-Driven Cross-Domain Engineering Discovery

Skaersoe, M.

Unbelievable Research Laboratory, URL-0002, 2024 (foundational report)