All I hear is Ned Flanders “It feels like I’m wearing nothing at all…nothing at all…nothing at all” wnycradiolab: nationalpost: Photo: World’s lightest material can perch on top of dandelion fluff Scientists at the UC Irvine, HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology say they’ve developed the world’s lightest material, so airy that it can perch on top of a dandelion’s fluff. The “micro-lattice” consists of 99.99% air, researchers say. (Photo: Dan Little, HRL Laboratories LLC) Man, it’s been a good week for materials science!  First the world’s slipperiest material, now the world’s lightest.  Can we combine these two somehow?

All I hear is Ned Flanders “It feels like I’m wearing nothing at all…nothing at all…nothing at all”

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Photo: World’s lightest material can perch on top of dandelion fluff


Scientists at the UC Irvine, HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology say they’ve developed the world’s lightest material, so airy that it can perch on top of a dandelion’s fluff. The “micro-lattice” consists of 99.99% air, researchers say. (Photo: Dan Little, HRL Laboratories LLC)

Man, it’s been a good week for materials science!  First the world’s slipperiest material, now the world’s lightest.  Can we combine these two somehow?

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