It looks like glass and feels like solidified smoke, but the most interesting features of the new silica aerogels made by UC Davis and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers are too small ...

Aspen Aerogels says it has begun selling air-filled aerogel insulation blankets to make existing buildings more energy efficient. The company, which primarily makes insulating material for industrial ...

Anne Parmenter, a climber sponsored by Aspen Aerogels, successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest this year, aided by aerogel-insulated shoe insoles and a sleeping pad. Aerogels are superstrong ...

NASA scientists are developing parachute-like decelerators to help land large payloads onto Mars’s surface in future missions. This animation illustrates how the agency will test the decelerators in a ...

(Nanowerk News) Airy, airier, aerogel: the sponge-like networks that make up these highly porous solids can consist of up to 99.98 % pores. The most common aerogels are based on silica and are most ...

Aspen Aerogels is selling aerogels--a high-tech insulating material used in oil and gas pipelines and in aerospace--to retrofit older homes to be more energy efficient. Martin LaMonica is a senior ...

(Nanowerk News) Pineapples are rich in vitamins, enzymes and antioxidants, and they are considered one of the most important fruits in the world. However, the harvesting of this delicious and healthy ...