Almost 4,300m 2 of Thermalite Aircrete blocks make up the internal shell of an eight-storey office block in London, chosen as meeting the required thermal insulation. Being lightweight, the blocks ...

Engineers have mimicked lightweight yet strong biological materials by creating nanostructured, hollow ceramic scaffolds, and have found that their small building blocks, or unit cells, display ...

Honeycomb core materials, such as aramid, aluminium, and fibreglass, are used in areas such as interiors, winglets, spoilers and many other parts in commercial and military aircraft, helicopters and ...