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Scientists invent lightest material on Earth. What now?
« on: November 18, 2011, 09:04:19 pm »
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/11/lightest-material-on-earth.html?track=lat-pick
"Scientists have invented a new material that is so lightweight it can sit atop a fluffy dandelion without crushing the little fuzzy seeds.
It's so lightweight, styrofoam is 100 times heavier."

is it lighter than a fly?
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Re: Scientists invent lightest material on Earth. What now?
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2011, 09:43:36 pm »
They are talking about density. If a fly was the size of that scaffold, it would obliterate that dandelion.
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Re: Scientists invent lightest material on Earth. What now?
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2011, 09:59:07 pm »
Hmm until this it was aerogel. I have a bag of that sitting on my shelf... great for diffusing light in my light shows.
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