January 13, 2014 - A research team led by Jan S Hesthaven (ICERM Deputy Director Emeritus) from École Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne (EPFL) has developed a computational approach that helps model metamaterials. Metamaterials are artificial materials engineered to have properties that are not normally found in nature. Typical examples include cloaking materials that can render a person or an aircraft completely invisible to detection. In addition, metamaterials are being explored in a number of cutting-edge technologies including perfect lenses, antennas and terahertz devices. As the field grows, it is becoming increasingly necessary to model metamaterials, which is a difficult task considering their unconventional nature and delicate properties. Read more from the Science World Report