Star Trek called it! Transparent Aluminum!!

http://www.physorg.com/news167925273.html

It seems they were on the right track!

Originally posted by sonhouse
http://www.physorg.com/news167925273.html

It seems they were on the right track!

I was hopeing that the end of broken windshields was at hand. But like the Bose Einstein condensate matter, it has little use and is short lived.

Originally posted by joe beyser
I was hopeing that the end of broken windshields was at hand. But like the Bose Einstein condensate matter, it has little use and is short lived.

I'm always disappointed when I read these headlines, and then it turns out that "Yes we turned aluminum transparent, but it was only an area 26nm wide and it lasted for 40 femptoseconds."

Oooh, I wish I could go watch it happen...

Originally posted by forkedknight
I'm always disappointed when I read these headlines, and then it turns out that "Yes we turned aluminum transparent, but it was only an area 26nm wide and it lasted for 40 femptoseconds."

Oooh, I wish I could go watch it happen...

Hey, you never know, this year 40 femto's, next year, 40 MICROSECONDS!