▲ 282 ▼ Scientists develop game-changing 'glass brick' that could revolutionize construction: 'The highest insulating performance' (www.thecooldown.com) submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 61 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Aerogel isn't made our of sand permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MechanicalJester@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's made from sodium silicate... Which is made from sand. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Aerogel is also 99% air. So not much sand. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ctrl_Alt_Banana@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Great, now we're going to run out of air permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] june@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago But will the shareholders be ok? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MechanicalJester@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's made from sodium silicate... Which is made from sand. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Aerogel is also 99% air. So not much sand. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ctrl_Alt_Banana@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Great, now we're going to run out of air permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] june@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago But will the shareholders be ok? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Aerogel is also 99% air. So not much sand. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ctrl_Alt_Banana@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Great, now we're going to run out of air permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] june@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago But will the shareholders be ok? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ctrl_Alt_Banana@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Great, now we're going to run out of air permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] june@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago But will the shareholders be ok? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] june@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago But will the shareholders be ok? permalink fedilink source parent