#materials science

Stories tagged “materials science” in the Weird Science History archive — 5 stories connected by this topic.

• Starlite: The Fireproof Plastic a Hairdresser Invented and Took to His Grave
• The Aircraft Carrier Britain Tried to Build Out of Ice
• The Crash-Test Foam That Invented Your Mattress
• The Roman Concrete That Heals Its Own Cracks
• The Roman Cup That Was Accidentally Nanotechnology

Related topics: #archaeology #British Museum #NASA #World War II