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Scientists develop game-changing 'glass brick' that could revolutionize construction: 'The highest insulating performance' (www.thecooldown.com)
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Scientists develop game-changing 'glass brick' that could revolutionize construction: 'The highest insulating performance'::The team of scientists developed an aerogel glass brick, which is a translucent and thermally insulating material.

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[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Aerogel isn't made our of sand

[–] MechanicalJester@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago (3 children)

It's made from sodium silicate... Which is made from sand.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Aerogel is also 99% air. So not much sand.

[–] Ctrl_Alt_Banana@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Great, now we're going to run out of air

[–] june@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

But will the shareholders be ok?