What’s as strong as steel, as light as aluminum, and capable of withstanding ballistic impact, fire, and radiation? Metal foam ... the exceptionally strong and lightweight material could ...

Chinese scientists have discovered a “super material” that is as light as a balloon yet as strong as metal ... a mainland study reports. The foam-like material was created when tiny tubes ...

Syntactic foam sandwich fills hunger for lightweight yet strong materials. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 23, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 07 / 150716124459.htm ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a new shock-absorbing material that is super lightweight, yet offers the protection of metal. The stuff could make for helmets, armor and ...

The company claims the product is "as strong as steel yet as lightweight as aluminum," adding that "a 100% steel composite metal foam bar will weigh the same as an equal-sized solid aluminum bar." ...

A new composite that blends titanium and foam has the durability of magnesium ... and has a higher temperature threshold than other lightweight materials thanks to the presence of metals.

The resulting foam was found to have the same characteristics as other carbon foams. It was strong, a good temperature insulator, lightweight and it provided shielding from electromagnetic waves.

A team of researchers reports success in pioneering tests of a layered material with a lightweight metal matrix syntactic foam core that holds significant potential for automobiles, trains ...