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Podcast: Creating thermal cloaking and new structures
An NSF-supported researcher, Shelly Zhang, discusses work using additive manufacturing and topology optimization to create new structures, including a 3D thermal cloaking device, according to the source excerpt.
Categories: science-and-space, technology, positive-progress
Generated scores
Scores are based on the cited reporting and use a 1–10 scale. Read the methodology.
- Confidence
- 6/10
- Geographic reach
- 1/10
- Global importance
- 2/10
- Impact magnitude
- 3/10
- Positivity
- 6/10
- Urgency
- 1/10
Why it matters
The source reports NSF-supported research that advances methods—additive manufacturing and topology optimization—for creating new structures and demonstrates a 3D thermal cloaking device, indicating a development in research and engineering described in the item.

