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Strong, Tough, and Now Cheap: Caltech Researchers Have New Way to Process Metallic Glass
California Institute of Technology ^ | May 12, 2011 | Marcus Woo

Posted on 05/12/2011 4:45:53 PM PDT by decimon

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To: Let_It_Be_So
Exactly what I was thinking. Never been a fan of plastics.

Although this stuff is not transparent yet, you've got to wonder whether or not somebody might not hit on the right formula in the future that will make transparency possible. That could spell the end of not only the plastics industry but the glass industry as well.

21 posted on 05/13/2011 6:27:46 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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