Metamaterials with stiffness tunability have demonstrated great potential in mechanical systems that operate in variable environments. Real-time stiffness visualization, which translates the stiffness ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Engineers used a process in which a laser instantly flashes metal powder into a fused solid. Using a common titanium alloy, ...

Fig. 1 The dielectric response models for conventional dielectric materials and for metamaterials. For conventional dielectric materials, there are three types of polarization models: Drude model for ...

The number of ways to harvest energy that would otherwise go unused and wasted is extraordinary. To cite a few of the many examples, there’s the heat given off during almost any physical or electronic ...

From the geometric symmetry in Islamic tiles to the mechanical versatility of origami, cultural patterns have an extensive ...

Researchers at Texas A&M and MIT have separately developed metamaterial-based technologies that could transform spacecraft propulsion and microscopic robotics. Texas A&M's "metajets" use patterned ...

Metamaterials are carefully engineered materials that possess desirable properties and can be used to manipulate ...

Researchers led by Yong Lin Kong of Rice University have created a soft yet powerful metamaterial that can be remotely manipulated to change its size and shape swiftly. The idea, which was reported in ...

Talk about inspo. The chameleon, a lizard known for its color-changing skin, is the inspiration behind a new electromagnetic material that could someday make vehicles and aircraft “invisible” to radar ...

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