Wood-based ‘supermaterial’ is stronger and tougher than steel
New material is made by compressing treated wood
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Hidden dimensions make broadband metasurfaces
By mathematically transforming an entire spatial dimension into a point, researchers have achieved for the first time metasurfaces with continuous absorption spectra
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Sonic barrier quietens traffic noise with origami
Flash Physics: need-to-know updates from the world of physics
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Flash Physics: Metallic space fabric, Standard Model deviation at LHCb, accelerator milestone at European XFEL
Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics
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Invisible robots overshadowed by metallic hydrogen
On overflowing conference rooms and robot claws
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Blocking the symmetry of motion
First mechanical metamaterial to overcome reciprocity
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New metamaterial enhances natural cooling without power input
Thin glass-polymer sheet increases passive radiative cooling
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Lasers reconfigure the properties of novel metasurface
Switchable material can block or transmit particular wavelengths of light
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Origami-inspired metamaterial changes shape and stiffness on command
Structure could have a range of applications, from architecture to medicine
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Edging into the spotlight: bendy lattices and metamaterials
Stephen Ornes discovers how a study of floppy lattices combined ideas from both electronic and soft-matter materials to create metamaterials with many applications
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