This Revolutionary Metal Defies Physics: Scientists Achieve the Impossible with Unsinkable Technology

Scientists testing unsinkable metal in lab as it floats in water with etched air-trapping patterns

This Revolutionary Metal Defies Physics: Scientists Achieve the Impossible with Unsinkable Technology

February 3, 2026
Linda Jamesson

How can a metal be “unsinkable”—and is it actually real? It’s real: researchers etched micro-patterns into metal so it traps air and powerfully repels...