High-frequency terahertz waves have great potential for a number of applications including next-generation medical imaging and communication. Researchers have shown that the transmission of terahertz ...

Aerogel turns out to have the highest relative ability of clothing to provide warmth, known as a Clo value. The road to the world's warmest, thinnest outdoor gear has been a long one. In 1931 American ...

Mars is a cold, inhospitable planet. Temperatures routinely drop to as low as -81 °F and down to -200 °F in some spots during winter. Meanwhile, the ultraviolet radiation could make humans seriously ...

As far as anyone knows, Mars is currently totally devoid of life. We don't know if that was always the case, but we know that modern-day Mars is a rather hostile place to be thanks to frigid ...

Cellulose may have been around for millions of years, but that doesn't mean it can't teach a modern substance like aerogels a thing or two. A group of researchers have found a way to use cellulose to ...

Aerogel is one of the strangest materials ever created. Ultra-light, ghost-like, and incredibly strong, it challenges everything we think we know about solids. This video breaks down what aerogel is, ...

At first glance, biodegradable materials, inks for 3D printing and aerogels don't seem to have much in common. All three have great potential for the future, however: "green" materials do not pollute ...

Wonder material graphene aerogel – which is so light it can balance on top of a flower – could be used to make parachutes for aeroplane passengers. Professor Gao Chao, who developed the material with ...

If paying for something that is 99 per cent air doesn't sound like a good deal, then this bag might not be for you. French designer Coperni has made a bag out of NASA's silica aerogel nano-material.

Aerogel is an excellent thermal insulator. So far, however, it has mainly been used on a large scale, for example in environmental technology, in physical experiments or in industrial catalysis.

The road to the world's warmest, thinnest outdoor gear has been a long one. In 1931 American chemical engineer Samuel Kistler invented the lightest known solid--an aerogel--by drying a form of silicon ...