STRUCTURAL FOAM

Researchers at the U.S. Air Force's Wright Laboratories in Dayton, Ohio, have developed an ultra-stiff, ultra-light carbon foam. Large-area composite parts fabricated using the foam as reinforcement could be cheaper, faster and easier to make than with current methods, according to Kristen Kearns, a...

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