No, that’s not a sponge. It’s a piece of metal that’s light enough to float. Researchers at New York University, who invented the substance, say it’s also strong enough to build boats with. This metal ...

Does the idea seem plausible that a metal can be lighter than water? Well, try dropping your gold or iron ring in a glass full of water and watch it mockingly settle in the bottom after a few seconds.

Researchers have created a metal that can float even after it has been damaged or punctured. That means it could keep ships from sinking. The material could also be used to build floating cities. The ...

A great way to anger the gods is to call your ship unsinkable. People thought the Titanic couldn't go down, and as Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio found out the hard way, that clearly wasn't the ...

Battleships of the future could be built from a new type of metal composite being developed in the United States. Known as a "metal matrix syntactic foam", the lightweight composite material is able ...

Researchers have created small metal objects that can stay afloat even after being punctured and submerged, according to a paper published last Wednesday (November 6) in ACS Applied Materials and ...

When you play the following movie, you can see at a glance how the metal is actually floating in the water with the new technology developed by the research group of the University of Rochester. Two ...

If you're in the market for a wall clock — and, really, who doesn't need another clock or three — your choices are pretty much limitless. Timepieces come in all shapes and sizes, and very rarely will ...

Let's be clear: You shouldn't try to take over the world. However, if you are going to do it anyway, Ryan North's new book How to Take Over the World does have some interesting ideas about how to gain ...