We live in an age of technological marvels, from the computers we carry around in our pockets to the connected homes we live in, but there’s hardly time to sit back and admire our achievements when ...

Boeing and HRL Laboratories created a metal microlattice that has been awarded the Guinness World Record for the world’s lightest metal. The entire structure of the microlattice is 99.99 percent air, ...

The lightest metal known to man is mostly made out of air, according to Boeing. The aircraft company has developed a lightweight metal called Microlattice that is 99.9% air and can be compressed to ...

How do you build the world’s lightest metal? Make it mainly from air, according to scientists. The material, known as a "microlattice," was developed by scientists at HRL Laboratories in Malibu, ...

UC Irvine researchers helped create the world’s lightest metal – a pliable, microlattice material made mostly of air. It has the potential to be used as a one-piece body for an unmanned drone aircraft ...

The metal lithium has become integral to our daily lives, due to its essential role as a battery material in electronic devices. Over the next several decades, the rising popularity of electric ...

Boeing files a lot of patents. From the filing for a force field to protect planes from blasts mid-air in 2012 to a laser-powered fusion engine earlier this year, these are all patents for potential ...

A metal that consists of 99.99 percent of air? While it might sound like science fiction, the microlattice, being used by Boeing, is being called the lightest material ever produced. Developed in 2011 ...