Ultrastiff Material Is Light As A Feather

Originally published: Jan 30 2015 - 10:15am, Inside Science TVBy: Marsha Lewis, Contributing Producer(Inside Science TV) -- They may look flimsy, but the materials printed with 3-D printing technology are one-of-a-kind, light-weight and super-strong.Materials engineers at LLNL have created a material with a special 3-D printer that mixes hard metal, tough ceramics and flexible plastics."It can hold more than 100,000-times its own weight. In fact, even more than that," said Chris Spadaccini, a ma...