Benchtop Test Quickly Identifies Extremely Impact-Resistant Materialsby Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyHigh-speed experiments will help identify lightweight, protective “metamaterials” for objects like helmets or spacecraft
NewsSmart Material Prototype Challenges Newton’s Laws of Motionby University of Missouri-ColumbiaResearchers designed a prototype of a "metamaterial" that can control the direction and intensity of energy waves
NewsResearchers Use Sound Waves to Move Objectsby Holden GalushaThis new method of contactless manipulation could prove useful in manufacturing and robotics
NewsThermo-Tunable Metamaterial with Ultra-Broadband Absorption Propertyby EngineeringThe results indicate that different morphologies play an important role in thermal control mechanisms
NewsPowerful Bragg Reflector with Ultrahigh Refractive Index Metamaterialby Pohang University of Science & TechnologyTeam develops a metamaterial that maximizes light-matter interaction
NewsOvercoming a Major Manufacturing Constraintby SPIETwo-photon-polymerization lithography structures examined via Raman spectroscopy and nanoindentation
NewsChiral Sources for Metamaterial Interface Waveguidesby SPIEA broadband near-field chiral source in the microwave band enables comparison of different edge states
NewsUsing Origami and Kirigami to Inspire Reconfigurable Yet Structural Materialsby McGill UniversityResearchers developed metamaterials that can flat-fold and lock into positions that remain stiff
NewsWorld’s First Distortion-Free Stretchable Micro-LED Meta-Display Technologyby National Research Council of Science & TechnologyStretchable display can be transversely/longitudinally stretched up to 25 percent without distortion
NewsResearchers Develop Methodology for Streamlined Control of Material Deformationby Georgia Institute of TechnologyNew physical theories provide precise predictions of the deformations of certain structures
NewsAn Artificial Material That Can Sense, Adapt to Its Environmentby University of Missouri-ColumbiaMetamaterial can respond to its environment, independently make a decision, and perform an action not directed by a human being