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Researchers build a DNA structure and coat it with glass, creating a very low density, very strong material
" The DNA skeleton reinforced the thin, flawless coating of glass making the material very strong, and the voids constituting most of the material's volume made it lightweight. As a result, glass nanolattice structures are four times higher strength but five times lower density than steel. This unusual combination of lightweight and high strength has never been achieved before. "
Researchers build a DNA structure and coat it with glass, creating a very low density, very strong material
" The DNA skeleton reinforced the thin, flawless coating of glass making the material very strong, and the voids constituting most of the material's volume made it lightweight. As a result, glass nanolattice structures are four times higher strength but five times lower density than steel. This unusual combination of lightweight and high strength has never been achieved before. "
Researchers build a DNA structure and coat it with glass, creating a very low density, very strong material
Materials that are both strong and lightweight could improve everything from cars to body armor. But usually, the two qualities are mutually exclusive. Now, University of Connecticut researchers and colleagues have developed an extraordinarily strong, lightweight material using two unlikely...
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