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1 posted on 04/19/2024 5:26:52 AM PDT by Red Badger
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We could build a mini-submarine out of it!...................


2 posted on 04/19/2024 5:28:50 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Rearden metal possibly?


4 posted on 04/19/2024 5:35:58 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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... it could also be a hurdle to getting it out of the lab and into real-world applications — at least initially.

Another laboratory wonder. Sounds great, but please define high-strength. Is the material capable of being a pressure vessel?

5 posted on 04/19/2024 5:38:09 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (Big Pharma, Big tech, Big Comms, Big Oil, Big Defense Contractor, Big Banks - BUST THE TRUSTS)
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To: Red Badger

Can I make a firearm with it?


6 posted on 04/19/2024 5:39:33 AM PDT by Reno89519 (If Biden is mentally unfit to stand trial, he is mentally unfit to be president. He needs to resign.)
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3D-printed “metamaterial” is stronger than anything in nature

There's a whole of the natural world --nature-- we haven't explored yet. Statement should be qualified to "anything so far discovered."

10 posted on 04/19/2024 5:43:17 AM PDT by Blennos ( Byaasearepeat itnbelow.)
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The material has a "strength to weight ratio" greater than anything they have yet discovered in nature.

It is important to keep the "strength to weight ratio" in mind. It is also important to consider how they measure "strength". Is it compressive strength? Strength in tension? Resistance to deformation in torsion?

There are many different measures of "strength" depending on what loads are expected in a part.

13 posted on 04/19/2024 5:58:20 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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“… their metamaterial, fabricated from a common titanium alloy, proved to be 50% stronger than the strongest alloy of similar density used in aerospace...”

They didn’t create a new material, they developed a stronger share to more evenly distribute stresses.


15 posted on 04/19/2024 6:05:50 AM PDT by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda.)
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Another idea fostered by the designs found in the creation. Isn’t it amazing that the Victoria Water Lily figured out the physics of it’s internal structure and integrated the construction and physiological integration information into it’s genome and embryogenesis without our help?


22 posted on 04/19/2024 6:56:39 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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We beat God, AGAIN!

Look at the fine world we live it, we are SO great.

Get the vax.

(Kudos to creating something strong, and I understand the need for hype to get more venture capital).


24 posted on 04/19/2024 7:14:26 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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