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Creating the perfect morsel of meat: Engineers develop metamaterial that mimics the structure of muscle and fat

Lamb chops – wood. Credit: Hebrew University In a new publication in Nature Communications, Israeli and Palestinian engineers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have pioneered the use of metamaterials to create whole meat. This effort leverages cutting-edge materials science to overcome the long-standing challenge of recreating the texture and structure of traditional meat while providing a scalable and cost-effective…