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November 27, 2015 06:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/laPH9yyURoI/scientists-turn-gold-into-foam-thats-nearly-as-light-as-air
Scientists Turn Gold Into Foam That's Nearly As Light As Air
Zothecula writes: Along with its use in jewelry, gold also has numerous applications in fields such as electronics and scientific research. It's a handy material, but – of course – it's also expensive. That's why researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a new way of making a small amount of gold go a long way. They've created a gold foam that looks much like solid gold, but is actually 98 parts air and two parts solid material (abstract). As an added bonus, the aerogel-type foam can also be made in non-gold colors such as dark red.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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