"Aerogel is nicknamed “frozen smoke” and is made by extracting water from a silica gel, then replacing it with gas such as carbon dioxide. The result is a substance that is capable of insulating against extreme temperatures and of absorbing pollutants such as crude oil."
They've found more applicable everyday uses for it too, Dunlop are using it to make tennis rackets and a guy in England used it for house insulation.
I can't help but think it's some sort of late April fools joke though, the pictures look chopped/faked. Check out the guy's watch in the last one, there's no way a scientist on the cutting edge would have a calculator watch, I think that's Data from The Goonies
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