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New Flexible Cellulose Aerogel is Both a Magnetic Sponge and a Super-Strong...
Aerogel Strength Aerogels were already strong – this 2 gram sample easily supports a brick – but a new breed made of cellulose could add flexibility and magnetism to aerogels' list of desirable...
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New Diamond Aerogel is the Airiest Diamond Ever Made
Aerogel Aerogels feel like Styrofoam to the touch. Wikimedia Commons/NASA Diamonds are the hardest solid materials we know, and the ghostly space-age materials known as aerogels are the least dense....
View ArticleSuperinsulating Aerogels Arrive on Home Insulation Market At Last
Over 70 years ago, scientists invented aerogel, the least dense solid known to man, and an insulator four times more efficient than fiberglass or foam. Famously, according to…
View ArticleCitizen Scientist May Be First to Have Found First Interstellar Dust
NASA's aptly-named Stardust spacecraft may have returned the first-ever samples of interstellar dust to Earth. Scientists hope to confirm their possible discovery of two dust…
View ArticleNew Flexible Cellulose Aerogel is Both a Magnetic Sponge and a Super-Strong...
Cellulose isnât new â itâs been around as long as woody plants have â and aerogels arenât either. But when researchers recently combined the two, they created…
View ArticleNew Diamond Aerogel is the Airiest Diamond Ever Made
Diamonds are the hardest solid materials we know, and the ghostly space-age materials known as aerogels are the least dense. Looking for a challenge, scientists at Lawrence…
View ArticleInvented: World's Lightest Material, 99.99 Percent Air
A collaboration of researchers from HRL, CalTech, and UC Irvine have created the new world's lightest material--some 100 times lighter than styrofoam. It's even lighter than …
View ArticleVideo: Aerographite, the Lightest Material Ever Created
We've been impressed in the past by aerogel, a lattice-like solid that's almost entirely made of air but can support weight and also has tremendous insulating properties.…
View ArticleThe Goods: January 2013's Hottest Gadgets
Click to enter the gallery We've picked out several superlative tech gadgets--the quietest keyboard, fastest wireless mouse, and highest-capacity memory card--along with…
View ArticleThis Is Now The World's Lightest Material
Check out this contender for the title of "world's lightest solid." To demonstrate just how light it is, Zhejiang University in China, where the material's creators are based, has published pictures...
View ArticleWhen NASA Launched Stardust, They Had No Way To Retrieve Its Samples
On August 14, researchers from University California, Berkeley, announced an amazing discovery from NASAâs Stardust probe: During its deep space voyage, the ship had…
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This Gold Nugget Is Lighter Than Latte Foam
Science The lightest, frothiest gold ever made Researchers at the ETH in Zurich have made the lightest foam ever.
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