Known as "frozen smoke" because of their milky translucent appearance, aerogels are among the world's lightest solid materials. Consisting of 99.8 percent air, they're highly heat-resistant and are an ...

This is aerogel, the world's lightest solid. This incredibly rare substance has been used in space crafts as an insulator. But instead of using aerogel for something useful, why don't we fill up an ...

Mars is a cold, inhospitable planet. Temperatures routinely drop to as low as -81 °F and down to -200 °F in some spots during winter. Meanwhile, the ultraviolet radiation could make humans seriously ...

Aerogel is about as perfect a contradiction as you could imagine. It holds the record as the lightest solid ever created, yet is durable enough to support the weight of a car or survive the vacuum of ...

Water security is a significant problem and pulling it out of the air, as fanciful as that may sound, is shaping as a potential part of the solution. A team from the National University of Singapore ...

Regrowing bones is no easy task, but the world’s lightest solid might make it easier to achieve. Researchers have figured out a way to use hybrid aerogels, strong but ultralight materials, to prompt ...

In recent years, researchers have synthesized various new materials that could be used to develop more advanced robotic systems, devices and human-machine interfaces. These materials include graphene ...

Aerogel is known as one of the best thermal insulators ever created. To test its limits, it is exposed to the intense heat of ...

Aerogels, renowned for their ultra-low density and exceptional porosity, have long captivated materials scientists since their discovery in the 1930s.

High-frequency terahertz waves have great potential for a number of applications including next-generation medical imaging and communication. Researchers have shown that the transmission of terahertz ...