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Scientists Create New Material Five Times Lighter and Four Times Stronger Than Steel (scitechdaily.com)
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Scientists Create New Material Five Times Lighter and Four Times Stronger Than Steel::Researchers have developed a highly robust material with an extremely low density by constructing a structure using DNA and subsequently coating it in glass. Materials possessing both strength and lightness have the potential to enhance everything from automobiles to body armor. But usually, the tw

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Keep in mind that it takes a lot of time to move things like this from discovery to practical applications. Testing a new material and finding that it has amazing properties is comparatively easy. Checking every possible complication and side-effect is time-consuming, but important. You don't want to start manufacturing cars using the stuff and then find out that it explodes on contact with water.