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Superinsulating Aerogels Arrive on Home Insulation Market At Last
Technology 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… Over 70 years...
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Citizen Scientist May Be First to Have Found First Interstellar Dust
Technology Cosmic grains in NASA collector could reveal atoms that went into making the stars and planets NASA's aptly-named Stardust spacecraft may have returned the first-ever samples of...
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New Flexible Cellulose Aerogel is Both a Magnetic Sponge and a Super-Strong...
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New Diamond Aerogel is the Airiest Diamond Ever Made
Technology 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… Diamonds are...
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Invented: World's Lightest Material, 99.99 Percent Air
Technology 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… A...
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Video: Aerographite, the Lightest Material Ever Created
Technology 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. We've been...
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The Goods: January 2013's Hottest Gadgets
Gadgets A dozen great ideas in gear, including the fastest mouse on the market, the world's quietest mechanical keyboard, a virtually jam-proof shredder and more. Click to enter the gallery We've...
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This Is Now The World's Lightest Material
Science This one's made of carbon, and it's super absorbent, too! Check out this contender for the title of "world's lightest solid." To demonstrate just how light it is, Zhejiang University in China,...
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When NASA Launched Stardust, They Had No Way To Retrieve Its Samples
Technology This space probe has a dirty little secret. On August 14, researchers from University California, Berkeley, announced an amazing discovery from NASA’s Stardust probe: During its deep space...
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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. Researchers at the ETH in Zurich have made the lightest foam ever.
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