While glass bricks are effective for allowing daylight into buildings, they're not good insulators and they can't be used for entire load-bearing walls. Such is reportedly not the case, however, with experimental new aerogel-filled translucent bricks.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: Empa, Building and Construction, Glass, Aerogels

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