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Scientists Claim New State of Matter Created
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| 7-29-2009
| LiveScience Staff
Posted on 07/29/2009 10:02:36 AM PDT by Westlander
Scientists claim to have created a form of aluminum that's nearly transparent to extreme ultraviolet radiation and which is a new state of matter.
It's an idea straight out of science fiction, featured in the movie "Star Trek IV."
Fusion is a dream of scientists who would create cheap and plentiful power by fusing atoms together, as opposed to nuclear fission that generates electricity today.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: matter; plasma; science; stringtheory
To: Westlander
Looks like Dr. Nichols is finally going to be rich beyond the dreams of avarice...
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posted on
07/29/2009 10:31:46 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: Westlander
Now if we could only find out about those dilithium crystals.
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posted on
07/29/2009 11:53:02 AM PDT
by
Sgt_Schultze
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: Westlander
How fast are those neutrons going as they come out?
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posted on
07/29/2009 12:25:00 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: Westlander
How fast are those neutrons going as they come out?
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posted on
07/29/2009 12:25:22 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: AdmSmith; bvw; callisto; ckilmer; dandelion; ganeshpuri89; gobucks; KevinDavis; Las Vegas Dave; ...
:') It'll revolutionize data storage. ;') Bigger capacity optical disks... ;') Anyway, another about Transparent Aluminum. "Why? How do we know he didn't invent the thing?"
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posted on
07/29/2009 1:56:53 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Westlander; SunkenCiv; neverdem
The article above does not give a correct description, their work it is not about fusion.
With one electron removed, the remaining electrons around each ion settle into a different configuration, becoming too tightly bound for the laser to remove them. That means the X-ray photons can no longer be easily absorbed, and they fly straight through the material, making the previously opaque aluminium transparent to X-rays.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327196.000-transparent-metal-could-be-the-stuff-of-giant-planets.html
Here is an article from April with calculations based on their ideas. When they tested it some surprising things were seen. Nice work!
http://arxiv.org/abs/0904.0100
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posted on
07/29/2009 3:33:41 PM PDT
by
AdmSmith
To: AdmSmith
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posted on
07/29/2009 4:49:44 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
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