Strength added to 'solid smoke'
BBC News - Mon 20 Aug 12Recent improvements to a type of material known as aerogel could lead to a new generation of highly insulating clothing, a major conference hears.
New space-age insulating material for homes, clothing and other everyday uses (w/ Video)
Phys.org - Mon 20 Aug 12A major improvement in the world's lightest solid material and best solid insulating material, described here today, may put more of this space-age wonder into insulated clothing, refrigerators ...
Aerogel from NASA is a super insulator
Ubergizmo - Tue 21 Aug 12NASA might have garnered their fair share of attention with the introduction of the Curiosity Rover on Mars for some time now, but that does not mean the organization is resting on their ...
New generation of flexible aerogel will insulate everything
Dvice - Mon 20 Aug 12Back when I was a young whippersnapper, aerogel was a new and exciting wondermaterial. Since then, the aerated silica gel has been surpassed in some ways by other materials with even lower densities, ...
'Solid smoke' is world's lightest material
TG Daily - Mon 20 Aug 12A new aerogel could be used for insulated clothing, refrigerators with thinner walls and building insulation, thanks to a series of breakthroughs. read more
NASA: New Ultra-Thin, Flexible Aerogels Could be Used to Make Super-Insulated Clothing
Inhabitat - Wed 22 Aug 12Aerogel is a space-age material famed for having the lowest bulk density of any known porous solid – it is has been described as “solid smoke” due to its lightness and has ...
New material promises better insulation
UPI - Mon 20 Aug 12PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The world's lightest solid material may bring refrigerators with thinner walls, better building insulation and other products, U.S. researchers say. ...
Award-winning aerogel presented at ACS
R&D Mag - Mon 20 Aug 12A scientific report on NASA Glenn Research Center’s Polyimide Aerogels, which won an R&D 100 Award this year, was part of the presentations at the American Chemical Society meeting ...
Thin, More Flexible Aerogel Material Unveiled
RedOrbit - Mon 20 Aug 12redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online An enhanced version of the world's lightest solid material, said to be as much as 500 times stronger than its predecessors, was unveiled ...
New space-age insulating material for homes, clothing and other everyday uses
ScienceDaily - Mon 20 Aug 12A major improvement in the world’s lightest solid material and best solid insulating material may put more of this space-age wonder into insulated clothing, refrigerators with thinner ...
New Space-Age Insulating Material for Homes, Clothing and Other Everyday Uses, Newswise - Sun 19 Aug 12New space-age insulating material for homes, clothing and other everyday uses, Eurekalert - Sun 19 Aug 12