Star Trek called it! Transparent Aluminum!!

sonhouse

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28 Jul 09

sonhouse

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28 Jul 09

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

It seems they were on the right track!

joe beyser

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28 Jul 09

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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.

forkedknight

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28 Jul 09

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...

sonhouse

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28 Jul 09

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!