While they were each once hailed as the lightest solid material ever made, metallic microlattice and aerogel have now been moved back to second and third place (respectively), with aerographite taking ...

A microscope image of Aerographite. [Credit: Technical University of Hamburg] The last time we looked at ultra-lightweight materials, we were thoroughly impressed by a spongy, metallic micro-lattice ...

Researchers have created a new metallic material that they claim is the world's lightest solid material. With a density of just 0.9 mg/cm3 the material is around 100 times lighter than Styrofoam and ...

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A Zhejiang scientist displays the world's lightest material, which has a density of only 0.16 mg/cubic centimeter, onesixth that of air. [Photo by LONG WEI / FOR CHINA DAILY] Chinese scientists say ...