Sunday, November 20, 2011

Science current event


The world’s Lightest Material is a metal that is 100 times lighter than Styrofoam.  The new material was created by Cal Tech researchers and is so light because of a “micro lattice structure”.  They made the material with 99.99 percent air and 0.01 solid at nanometer scales.  The lattice is 1,000 times thinner than human hair said the lead researcher.

The material is a metal and very strong.  Researchers think that the new material can be used for batteries or for shock absorption.  This super lightweight technology is because of nanotechnology.  Because it is both light and strong it could be used for large modern building to.

1 comment:

  1. Maybe you could try adding an image to your current events to make them a bit more interesting to the reader. Good summary, however very basic and could have much more details. What are your thoughts about this material?

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