#metamaterial

Author: Maria Temming / Source: Science News Human-made metamaterials with messy internal designs may be more resistant to damage than those with neatly patterned structures. Metamaterial lattices, usually composed of struts that form identical, repeating “unit cells,” can exhibit properties

Author: Maria Temming / Source: Science News Magnetism transforms a weird new material from soft to rigid in a split second. This metamaterial — a synthetic structure designed to behave in ways that natural materials don’t — comprises a gridlike network of plastic tubes filled with fluid that

Author: Maria Temming / Source: Science News A newly fabricated material does more than just hold up under pressure. Unlike many ordinary objects that shrink when squeezed, the metamaterial — a synthetic structure designed to exhibit properties not typically found in natural materials — expands