Metamaterials

Innovations First-ever floating titanium looks to transform marine construction

Engineers hid foam inside hollow titanium struts to create an open metal lattice that remains buoyant even after severe cracking.

Innovations MIT’s new ‘bifur-circuits’ let smart devices change shape without losing power Shy Cohen

Space CUNY physicists recreate black hole energy extraction in a historic lab experiment Joseph Shavit

Innovations Princeton engineers link origami and tensegrity into fantastic new shapes Rebecca Shavit