Aerogels

From biowaste to feather-light insulators

While working on the magic system for my novel Civil Mage, which I recently described as "a screed about the importance of basic infrastructure reform and the evils of NIMBYism," my husband suggested I base the magic material off of aerogels, which necessitated quite a lot of interesting research.

Fun Facts

• Aerogel is a synthetic material that is solid to…