Metamaterials—artificially made materials with properties that aren't found in the natural world—are poised to transform ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Researchers have identified kirigami as an intriguing tool to create programmable mechanical metamaterials with unconventional mechanical and morphological responses. These ...

No More Noise 2: Metamaterials Can Make the World a Quieter Place Materials scientists are getting creative in the quest to quiet our increasingly noisy world. Using metamaterials - man made materials ...

A coating that can hide objects in plain sight, or an implant that behaves exactly like bone tissue: These extraordinary objects are already made from 'metamaterials'. Researchers have now developed ...

A recent article published in APL Materials defines metamaterials as artificial structures composed of subwavelength, atomic, or molecular-level components, possessing unique properties (such as ...

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Magnetic resonance imaging has become an indispensable tool for medical diagnostics. Using metamaterials - printed circuit boards whose properties can be systematically adjusted - can increase ...

Washington, D.C. (November 16, 2010) — While our direct knowledge of black holes in the universe is limited to what we can observe from thousands or millions of light years away, a team of Chinese ...

Materials that have a negative refractive index at optical wavelengths have now been fabricated by scientists in Europe and the US for the first time. Rob van den Berg explains why they could ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Janet Babin: There's this sound that's happening around the world. Kind of like ...