Duke University is on a roll, showing off yet another potentially game-changing property of the exotic man-made substances known as metamaterials. This time the property could have deep consequences ...

If you've ever tried to use a laptop in a doctor's waiting room, airport or another public place, you've probably done the “outlet search”: an often fruitless search for an available place to plug in.

Metamaterials are materials engineered to bend light in ways nature never intended. From invisibility cloaks to seeing through objects, David R. Smith’s research shows how metamaterials are changing ...