This crazy light metal could one day make airplanes more fuel-efficient

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By Suzanne JacobsDec 18, 2015, 4:15 pm108 pts
What’s light enough to balance on a dandelion, strong enough to fortify an airplane, and made of 99.99 percent air? The building material of the future, of course — at least, according to Boeing. One hundred times lighter than styrofoam and similar in structure to human bone, this 3D microlattice could one…

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