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Latest in materials

Invented: World’s Lightest Material, 99.99 Percent Air
Technology

Invented: World’s Lightest Material, 99.99 Percent Air

By Dan Nosowitz

Video: One of the Most Slippery Materials Ever
Technology

Video: One of the Most Slippery Materials Ever

By Sean Kane

New Theory on World Trade Center Collapse Blames Explosive Chemical Reaction
Engineering

New Theory on World Trade Center Collapse Blames Explosive Chemical Reaction

By Clay Dillow

Obama Announces $500 Million Investment in Robots and Other Advanced Manufacturing Tech
DARPA

Obama Announces $500 Million Investment in Robots and Other Advanced Manufacturing Tech

By Rebecca Boyle

How Modified Worms and Goats Can Mass-Produce Nature’s Toughest Fiber
Animals

How Modified Worms and Goats Can Mass-Produce Nature’s Toughest Fiber

By Rebecca Boyle

New Plastic Conducts Heat Better Than Metals, But Only in One Direction
Energy

New Plastic Conducts Heat Better Than Metals, But Only in One Direction

By Clay Dillow

Ferrofluid forming a pile of conical shapes.
Life Skills

How to make ferrofluid

By Mikey Sklar

A person purifying silicon in a glass bowl. Top: burning magnesium in a mushroom cloud of white smoke; middle top: burning hydrogen as a flame; middle bottom: burning silane gas as white bursts; bottom: falling silicon particles.
Projects

Making silicon from sand

By Theodore Gray

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