# Metamaterials

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Podcast: [NSF’s Discovery Files Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nsf-s-discovery-files-podcast-5593035)
Published: 2025-07-14T07:01:00+00:00
Episode link: https://NSFsDiscoveryFilesPodcast.podbean.com/e/metamaterials/
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Duration seconds: 1223

## Resource

Metamaterials are a special class of engineered materials, designed to have properties not found in nature. Glaucio Paulino, a professor at Princeton University, discusses his work on developing modular chiral origami metamaterials, engineering control approaches and the ways they might benefit society.

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