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Jul 2021
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No More Noise 2: Metamaterials Can Make ...

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Materials scientists are getting creative in the quest to quiet our increasingly noisy world. Using metamaterials - man made materials with special properties not found in nature - researchers could soon reduce or eliminate unwanted industrial sounds.

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