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Well-established textbook arguments suggest that static electric susceptibility must be positive in all bodies [1]. However, it has been pointed out that media that are not in thermodynamic equilibrium are not necessarily subject to this restriction; negative static electric susceptibility has been predicted theoretically in systems with inverted populations of atomic and molecular energy levels [2,3], though this has never been confirmed experimentally. Here we exploit the design freedom afforded by metamaterials to fabricate active structures that exhibit the first experimental evidence of negative static electric susceptibility. Unlike the systems envisioned previously---which were expected to require reduced temperature and pressure---negative values are readily achieved at room temperature and pressure. Further, values are readily tuneable throughout the negative range of stability -1<chi^{(0)}<0, resulting in magnitudes that are over one thousand times greater than predicted previously [4]. This opens the door to new technological capabilities such as stable electrostatic levitation.
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