New metamaterial can switch from hard to soft — and back again

When a material is made, you typically cannot change whether that material is hard or soft. But a group of researchers have developed a new way to design a ‘metamaterial’ that allows the material to switch between being hard and soft without damaging or altering the material itself.

(via WSJ)

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