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World's first metallic hydrogen sample disappears
India today ^
| 27 Feb 2017
Posted on 02/27/2017 6:17:53 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
Last month physicists from Harvard University in the US had claimed to have successfully turned hydrogen into a metal - something researchers had been struggling to achieve for more than 80 years... However, the team has now announced that the sample has disappeared. "Were preparing a new experiment to see if we can reproduce the pressures we achieved the first time, and reproduce our metallic hydrogen," said Silvera, who has spent more than 45 years working on metallic hydrogen.
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Lex Luthor!!! No doubt about it!
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posted on
02/27/2017 6:17:53 AM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
This is a job for Banacek.
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posted on
02/27/2017 6:19:26 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Maybe it returned to it’s original gaseous state? LoL
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posted on
02/27/2017 6:19:33 AM PST
by
Afterguard
(Deplorable me!)
To: wally_bert
Maybe Hydrogen didn’t like this Alchemy being done on it, and just reverted...
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posted on
02/27/2017 6:20:20 AM PST
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
To: DUMBGRUNT
It melted. Damn Glowbull Warming!...............
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posted on
02/27/2017 6:21:43 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Maybe the dog ate it.
(When asked to show their homework)
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posted on
02/27/2017 6:24:39 AM PST
by
dangerdoc
((this space for rent))
To: DUMBGRUNT
No really believe us...we had it right here.
Who in their right mind misplaces one of the greatest achievements in modern science???
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posted on
02/27/2017 6:24:52 AM PST
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: Nifster
Same person who gave out the envelopes last night at the Oscars....................
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posted on
02/27/2017 6:26:27 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
To: DUMBGRUNT
IIRC, metallic hydrogen is primarily found inside the gas giants like Jupiter.
Lotsa luck reproducing THAT kind of pressure in a terrestrial laboratory.
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posted on
02/27/2017 6:27:29 AM PST
by
Ciaphas Cain
(The choice to be stupid is not a conviction I am obligated to respect.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Guess they never heard of backups.
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posted on
02/27/2017 6:28:05 AM PST
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
To: DUMBGRUNT
They never had it in the first place.
Like those guys who claim they have a picture of Big Foot. Somehow, they just happened to lose it or it disappeared. LOL Same con song and dance.
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posted on
02/27/2017 6:28:17 AM PST
by
WKUHilltopper
(WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
02/27/2017 6:29:02 AM PST
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: DUMBGRUNT
I think it rode back to where it belonged on a Chesterfield sofa languishing in an eddy in the space time continuum.
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posted on
02/27/2017 6:30:13 AM PST
by
Mr. Douglas
(Best. Election. EVER!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
The hydrogen molecule is very small. It can slip through the smallest of openings. There is no reason to think it didn’t turn to a gas by what is known as sublimation, and that the gas then escaped.
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posted on
02/27/2017 6:30:19 AM PST
by
I want the USA back
(Lying Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Even the tiniest leak could explain the disappearance.
Call Spicer.
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posted on
02/27/2017 6:32:02 AM PST
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Even the tiniest leak could explain the disappearance.
Call Spicer.
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posted on
02/27/2017 6:32:04 AM PST
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: WKUHilltopper
They never had it in the first place.My immediate reaction as well. But hoping I'm wrong. It's always fun to see some remarkable discovery or invention pop up unexpectedly.
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posted on
02/27/2017 6:34:35 AM PST
by
InterceptPoint
(Ted, you finally endorsed. About time.)
To: unixfox
Check the security cam and access cards ....
Would someone from Harvard fake the results?
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posted on
02/27/2017 6:42:03 AM PST
by
ptsal
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
02/27/2017 7:14:10 AM PST
by
IronJack
To: DUMBGRUNT
When are they going to get around to making transparent aluminum?
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