Physics World February 2025

Structural impact: metamaterials hit the market

Pioneered by physicists such as John Pendry in the early 2000s, metamaterials are finally moving out of the research lab and into the marketplace, as Matin Durrani finds out in conversation with Claire Dancer and Alastair Hibbins – joint leads of the UK Metamaterials Network. Also this month, science writer Philip Ball examines a little-known paper by Niels Bohr that proved to be wrong but triggered the quantum revolution 100 years ago. Melanie Gardner and Clare Harvey from The Ogden Trust explain how to plan and deliver effective outreach activities, while Robert P Crease wonders what would happen if physics metaphors were put to the test.

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