(Nanowerk News) Metamaterials are artificial materials that do not occur in nature. Their components function like atoms in conventional materials but have special optical, electrical and magnetic ...

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 ...

Researchers from Tel Aviv University and Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a novel mechanical metamaterial that remembers the order of actions performed on it, much like a computer ...

Engineers have unveiled an encodable multifunctional material that can dynamically tune its shape and mechanical properties in real time. Inspired by the remarkable adaptability observed in biological ...

Human progress has always depended on the ability to store and release energy efficiently. Springs, buffers, and energy-damping materials power everything from industrial machines to futuristic ...

(Nanowerk News) Over the past 20 years, scientists have been developing metamaterials, or materials that don't occur naturally and whose mechanical properties result from their designed structure ...

Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Tel Aviv University have achieved a breakthrough in material science with the creation of “Chaco,” a revolutionary metamaterial named after the ...

Professor Jiyun Kim (left) and Jun Kyu Choe (right) in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UNIST. Inspired by the remarkable adaptability observed in biological organisms like the ...

Scientists have developed a metamaterial whose mechanical properties can be reprogrammed on demand and whose internal structure can be modified by applying a magnetic field. Over the past 20 years, ...