Beaded metamaterials - Nature Communications Beading combines soft, compliant threads with discrete, rigid elements to make architected materials. Here, authors show how geometry, tension, and friction together enable programmable shape and tuna...

Fun to build, tricky to crack—these beaded metamaterials keep you on your toes! (literally) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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