Super-Light, Super-Insulating Ceramic Aerogel Keeps the Hottest Temperatures at Bay (3 of 3) (VIDEO)

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Thermal shock tests of ceramic aerogels. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 15 Feb. issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Xiang Xu at University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, CA, and colleagues was titled, "Double-negative-index ceramic aerogels for thermal superinsulation."

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[Credit: X. Xu and X. Duan]

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