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Metal Foam ‘Sandwich’ is Bendy But Strong
A layered material with a lightweight metal matrix syntactic foam core offers strength, even when bent or compressed.
This Floating Metal Will Make Feather-Light Warships
https://gizmodo.com/why-is-this-piece-of-metal-floating-on-water-1704485423
Engineering The Strongest Foam in the World
Science Bakes a Safer Soccer Ball
NYU: Peering Inside the 2014 Brazil World Cup’s Brazuca Ball
Since 1970, Adidas has been designing new soccer balls for every World Cup, many incorporating materials and technologies that were innovative advances for their time.
https://www.livescience.com/46299-microscopic-analysis-brazuca-world-cup-ball.html
Finding the Strength to Reach the Ocean’s Furthest Depths
https://www.livescience.com/45336-submarine-super-foams.html
NIkhil Gupta — Inspired to Ask Questions and Explore to Improve Life | Video
Seeking a Safer Future for Electricity’s Coal Ash Waste
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/110815-safer-ways-to-reycle-fly-ash-from-coal
Science of the Summer Olympics: Engineering in Sports
The series delves into the biomechanics of athletes, and how technology builds on human achievement.
https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=124802