This 'metallic wood' is like buoyant titanium

The new material is 70 percent empty space

Newly invented material with the strength of titanium.
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Each week, we spotlight a cool innovation recommended by some of the industry's top tech writers. This week's pick is a newly invented material, metallic wood.

"A newly invented material has the strength of titanium, however, it's light enough to float on water," said Jennifer Pattison Tuohy at Dwell. The University of Pennsylvania scientists who developed the material call it "metallic wood" because, like wood, it is porous. Some parts are thick and dense and "hold the structure."

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