Archives Oct. 31, 2015

Lately Boeing R&D department claimed that they created “the worlds lightest material”, which is also extremely durable.
It is called “microlattice” and it is a synthetic porous metallic material, consisting of an ultra-light metal foam.
What makes it so light you ask my young padawan? Well it is lattice of interconnected hollow tubes with a wall thickness of 100 nanometers ...