July 29, 2009

Transparent aluminium is ‘new state of matter’

Now I just need to come up with the design for a Tricorder.

clipped from www.physorg.com

(PhysOrg.com) — Oxford scientists have created a transparent form of aluminium by bombarding the metal with the world’s most powerful soft X-ray laser. ‘Transparent aluminium’ previously only existed in science fiction, featuring in the movie Star Trek IV, but [...]