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  • ‘Metallic wood' throws down a challenge to titanium

    Jan 29, 2019 11:00 am by Cosmos MagazineIllinois in the News
    A microscopic sample of the 'metallic wood ' Photo by UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

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    • A microscopic sample of the 'metallic wood ' Photo by UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

    Cosmos Magazine (Jan. 30) Illinois researchers and colleagues describe building a sheet of nickel with nanoscale pores that make it as strong as titanium but four to five times lighter