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Uploaded on Apr 15, 2008

It looks like frozen smoke. And it's the lightest solid material on the planet. Aerogel insulates space suits, makes tennis rackets stronger and could be used one day to clean up oil spills. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientist Alex Gash shows us some remarkable properties of this truly unique substance.

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  • alexander ochoa

    alexander ochoa 1 month ago

    That awkward moment when I feel like eating it..

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    iRoxproductions 1 month ago

    HEY! HEY GUYS! LISTEN! NO SERIOUSLY LISTEN HERE GUYS! COMMON LISTEN! I don't give one flying fuck about who brought you here.

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  • catslikecatnip

    catslikecatnip 15 hours ago

    Can hold compressive pressure up to 4,000x its weight

    it weighs almost nothing....

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  • Hardrockfan21

    Hardrockfan21 1 day ago

    9gag army

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  • lildee1478

    lildee1478 1 week ago

    Like if Did-you-know tumblr brought you here. (;

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  • Matt Nash

    Matt Nash 1 week ago

    fuck 9gag

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    in reply to derallter (Show the comment)
  • Amy Wilson

    Amy Wilson 1 week ago

    funny how both the top comments are the same thing.....

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    Momozm54321 1 week ago

    Izvvaua

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    Momozm54321 1 week ago

    Cool

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    Dallas Marsh 2 weeks ago

    tumblr

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  • LFOMGOfficial

    LFOMGOfficial 2 weeks ago

    "High Definition" and it's only 360p :D

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  • derallter

    derallter 2 weeks ago

    And reddit is a bad copy paste from 4chan.

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    in reply to mAge PotZ (Show the comment)
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