Science Wow: New 'Super Material' is Lighter than a Plastic Bag and 10 Times Stronger than Steel!

AFP Staff : Jan 17, 2017
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[Fox News] The material's strength comes from its enormous surface-area-to-volume ratio, the researchers reported in a study published Jan. 6 in the journal Science Advances. In nature, sea creatures like coral and diatoms also leverage a large surface-area-to-volume ratio to achieve incredible strength at tiny scales... Click here to read. (Photo: Melanie Gonick/MIT/via Fox News)