Metallic Wood Strong as Titanium
New Material Developed by UPenn , U of Cambridge UK & International Team Source: University of Pennsylvania Brand New Material With Great Potential This is breakthrough innovation in Materials Science. It's a porous 'metallic wood" as strong as titanium and 5-times lighter. The developers - scientists at the University of Pennsylvania, University of Illinois and the University of Cambridge UK - say the new material can be used for aircraft wings, prosthetic legs, batteries, among many other things. 'Metallic Wood' Their research has just been published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports. They've built a sheet of nickel with nanoscale pores that make it as strong as titanium but much lighter. The metal pores make it similar to natural wood and that's why it's being called "metallic wood". Discovery Process Here's the process. The scientists suspended tiny spheres in water. As the water evaporated, the spheres f...