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JohnWood
18th November 2011, 12:29 PM
Scientists invent lightest material on Earth. What now?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/11/lightest-material-on-earth.html?track=lat-pick

"As for the uses of such a material? That's still to be determined. Lorenzo Valdevit, UCI's principal investigator on the project, brought up impact protection, uses in the aerospace industry, acoustic dampening and maybe some battery applications."

I will keep an eye on this latest development..maybe something we can invest in..

Sparky
18th November 2011, 12:59 PM
"The material in the picture above is made out of 90% nickel, but Bill Carter, manager of the architected materials group at HRL, said it can be made out of other materials as well -- the nickel version was just the easiest to make."

Score another one for nickels, while they still contain 25% nickel. :cool: