World's lightest material created

[johnmatrix]

World's lightest material is a metal 100 times lighter than styrofoam

 

[mattseh]

Neat, but how strong is it?

 

[AustinP]

Thats pretty slick. Shit. But yeah. Is it strong enough?

 

[BluuueJammm]

Pretty deceptive title as it's 99.99% air, it's like saying an inflated balloon is the worlds lightest material.

 

[handrewrites]

The article talks about compression recovery ability and being used for shock absorption, so I guess it's not rigid. More like a very light foam.

 

[darkish]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACXe6iQFI6U]Metallic microlattice 'lightest structure ever' - YouTube[/ame] the material recovering from compression