The metal lithium has become integral to our daily lives, due to its essential role as a battery material in electronic devices. Over the next several decades, the rising popularity of electric ...

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Sophia Yang, research scientist in architected materials at HRL Laboratories, a joint venture that Boeing is involved in with General Motors, calls it ”the world’s lightest material.” It’s an ...

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image: The introduction of light atomic species (e.g., H, B, C, and N) into noble metal lattices plays an important role in optimizing catalytic performance by modulating structural and electronic ...

The world’s lightest metal contains barely any metal at all–in fact, it is made of 99.99% air. Called a microlattice, the material is a three-dimensional grid of tiny tubes that is up to 100 times as ...