Researchers at Aerogel Technologies invent new process for making ultralight strong aerogel in unlimited sizes story.cd/AAIMSE

Honored to have had the chance to discuss the future of #space #entrepreneurship alongside @aurelia_labs founder Ariel Ekblaw, astronaut @AstroIronMike, Rodrigo Diez, and Jordan Wachs at the @mitaeroastro SpaceTech conference on Apr 7! What an inspiring/intimidating group! Thank you @DavaExplorer for the invite! @MIT youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…

Our future in space is just getting started--Aerogel Technologies founder Stephen Steiner provides his perspectives on the @MITAeroAstro SpaceTech conference alumni entrepreneur panel youtube.com/watch?v=qgSaW6cu…

A runner cramped up just before the finish line at the Boston Marathon, and a few other runners stopped to help him get across.

BREAKING: A hazardous chemical explosion at Aspen Aerogels, on Dexter Rd, has injured more than a dozen people, in East Providence, Rhode Island. This is a Mass Casualty Incident. (MCI) Everyone has been removed from the building, as patients continue to be triaged as of this

City officials say around 8:14 pm on Wednesday, East Providence police were dispatched to the Aspen Aerogels facility on reports of an explosion and fire. 13 people have been transported to a nearby hospital and are deemed to have no major injuries. boston25news.com/news/local/…

Thoughts and prayers to the 13 employees injured in the explosion at @AspenAerogels East Providence plant. Our love and support to everyone affected.

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Aerogel adhesive tape? What a great idea! The easiest way to insulate tight spaces with space-age technology buyaerogel.com/product/foli-…

Transparent metal is now possible! Metallic aerogels composed of silver, gold, and copper can be made by force field directed physical vapor deposition of metal over a silica aerogel. Electrostatic field lines emanating from the aerogel guide incoming metal atoms where to go. lab-salomon.com/publications

Love the deep dive @korea_ufo has done on air-buoyant solids aka vacuum balloons made with aerogel. We worked with Los Alamos National Laboratory to create prototypes and gave them the Airloy formulation to start aerogel development with. We will answer any and all questions. youtu.be/xEFeoRJkgEw?si=VjNq…

Here's five things we can do to bring chemical and materials #manufacturing back to the #usa. 1. Reduce regulations impeding in-facility solvent recycling 2. Stop taxing industrial uses of ethanol like booze 3. Simplify and harmonize regulations surrounding chemical packaging and transport 4. Eliminate penalties for infractions that do not result in release of chemicals into the environment, e.g., industrial hygiene regulations 5. Open more hazardous waste disposal sites and subsidize safe disposal of waste @realDonaldTrump @doge @elonmusk @epa @epaleezeldin @USDOT

While tariffs against China de-incentivize sending manufacturing overseas, tariffs aren't enough. We simultaneously and immediately need to stop disincentivizing #manufacturing chemicals and materials technologies that are #madeinusa. There are still high costs associated with transporting and disposing of chemicals and solvents, overly and increasingly restrictive (not to mention overlapping) fire regulations and process permits, overpriced regulation-protected insurance costs, and multi-month opportunity-killing govt approvals for basic infrastructure improvements like hvac upgrades. Many many chemicals are not made in America and the barriers to bringing their production back are so unprofitably high they kill new and small producers from taking root. In China a large chemical plant is built in six months or the project is considered a failure. We need fast and comprehensive deregulation for chemical and materials producers to make manufacturing these strategically critical products in America succeed. @elonmusk @doge @realDonaldTrump

Happy Birthday to Samuel Kistler, the #inventor of #aerogel, who would have turned 125 today! Who knew in 1900 that a 29-year-old PhD student would spark a global research field and create such an important #materials technology! #happybirthday ...or was it really aliens??? #roswell

We are pleased to announce the invited speaker list for our upcoming Aerogels and Aerogel-inspired Materials symposium in Boston this Fall! Read more: aerogel.org/?p=2156 @Materials_MRS @SpringerNature @MIT @AspenAerogels @TUHamburg @DLR_en @Empa_CH @NASAglenn