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

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Radar technology has reached a point where it can detect the faintest electromagnetic signals, challenging even the most advanced stealth technologies. The evolution of radar ...

(Nanowerk News) Metamaterials are artificially made materials that have certain patterns that change how light and matter interact. As a result, they have properties not found in nature. Researchers ...

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, ...

Although it is made of two thermally expanding materials, star-shaped unit cells of the metamaterial have a mechanical design that promotes negative thermal expansion (NTE) when heat is applied. The ...

The need for, and benefits of, reconfigurable antennas. How metamaterials combined with novel assembly techniques were combined to create a physically reconfigurable antenna. The performance ...

The magnetic properties of a material can affect how it interacts with light. (Courtesy: Ihar Faniayeu/University of Gothenburg) A proposed new optical metamaterial could behave like true one-way ...

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