CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — MIT chemical engineers have created a new material stronger than steel, as light as plastic and seals tight enough that even gas can't get through. The material could be used for ...

To reduce the weight of automobiles, aircraft, and wind turbines while maintaining the strength and efficiency of the construction, lightweight materials are typically metal alloys and composites.

Engineers have mimicked lightweight yet strong biological materials by creating nanostructured, hollow ceramic scaffolds, and have found that their small building blocks, or unit cells, display ...

The proportion of lightweight core materials is increasing, especially in sectors such as aerospace, transport vehicles and wind power. Processing them requires special cutting technologies to achieve ...