That is a pretty cool result. The idea of a material with the hardness of steel but without the oxidizing issues is pretty appealing too. The mentioned that it

That is a pretty cool result. The idea of a material with the hardness of steel but without the oxidizing issues is pretty appealing too. The mentioned that it became "squishy" and then they pressed it to become its final shape. Building boats this way would be an interesting application. And it would be interesting to understand its combustion properties. "Engineered wood" is all the rage in home building in North America because getting long structural timbers has become so expensive. If you add this to the set of techniques on engineered lumber, could you build better structural members with less material? Could you build those materials out of layered materials? (think oriented strand board (OSB) as 4 x 6 equivalent).