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Scientists claim new state of matter created

livescience.com — 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.

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  • idiggsports, on 07/29/2009, -4/+66Transparent aluminum, hmm? Scotty FTW.
  • ReluctantZer0, on 07/29/2009, -0/+35It always seems like we make so many small advancements towards some way of producing a lot of energy or understanding more about making energy but never getting there. But this kind of stuff is always very pleasing to read
  • inactive, on 07/29/2009, -0/+27A keyboard, how quaint.
  • ChileanGoD, on 07/29/2009, -3/+28new state of matter *discovered*
  • thespanielator, on 07/29/2009, -0/+24If all the diggers wishing to make Scotty, Star Trek or whale jokes or references line themselves up in an orderly fashion and no comment whoring!
  • CamZak, on 07/29/2009, -1/+20So Scotty and a whale walk into a bar...the whale says "ARRRRRRUURRRRRRMMRRRRRR!", Scotty looks at the whale and says "Aye, but ye shoulda seen the other one!"
  • jasvll, on 07/29/2009, -1/+14aluminum:
    1812, coined by Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), from L. alumen "alum" (see alum). Davy originally called it alumium (1808), then amended this to aluminum, which remains the U.S. word, but British editors in 1812 further amended it to aluminium, the modern preferred British form, to better harmonize with other element names (sodium, potassium, etc.).

    http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=aluminum
  • inactive, on 07/29/2009, -0/+12How do we know he didn't invent the bloody thing?
  • inactive, on 07/29/2009, -0/+12Hellooo, computer?
  • DouglasQ, on 07/29/2009, -4/+15aluminium*
  • marmotjmarmot, on 07/29/2009, -0/+11You realize that by giving him the formula you're altering the future?
  • McNandatron, on 07/29/2009, -3/+13Transparent Aluminium is a new state of matter? So the author of the headline now thinks that every substace also has the state of 'Transparent aluminium'....

    Does it go Solid -> liquid -> gas -> plasma -> transparent aluminium?
  • moofree, on 07/29/2009, -0/+8Just use the keyboard...
  • Strongo, on 07/29/2009, -0/+8FTA "it’s almost as surprising as finding that you can turn lead into gold with light."

    *****, it's nothing like that. That would be ***** awesome. This is cool but not that cool.
  • LBWayward, on 07/29/2009, -0/+8Soon, Apple will be making everything out of this. because transparent is the new brushed aluminum/white/black all rolled in to one.
  • insanebrain, on 07/29/2009, -1/+8yeah. . why. . water, earth fire and air are enough elements..
  • poidh, on 07/29/2009, -3/+10It's vhere they keep the nuclear wessels. NU-CLE-AR WE-SSELS.
  • inverselogic, on 07/29/2009, -1/+8Guess Spock thought the same thing when he taught Scotty that transporter trick he "invented".
  • DouglasQ, on 07/29/2009, -1/+7http://www.dictionary.co.uk/browse.aspx?word=alumi ...

    One could argue that the English have authority on the English language.
  • jsp123, on 07/29/2009, -0/+6Nope, looks like it wasn't a funny joke either way...
  • Hazardc, on 07/29/2009, -0/+6star trek predicts the future once again.

    I want to live in Star trek times.
  • DiggCharles, on 07/29/2009, -0/+6Bill Bryson reveals in his Short History of Nearly Everything that the guy who discovered aluminium originally named it without the 'i' but then included it for continuity with other elements such as calcium, iridium etc.

    He announced one name in the US and another in the UK - causing the rift.
  • muleskinner, on 07/29/2009, -1/+7No, your misinterpreting what is being claimed. What they are saying is that they believe they have used this "transparent aluminum" to demonstrate a new state of matter, not that the "transparent aluminum" IS a new state of matter.
    That what be like saying water is a state of matter.. when in fact it h20 in a liquified state.
  • Ragzouken, on 07/29/2009, -1/+6We just need to find a reason to use a lot of energy to make something transparent to UV for only 40 femtoseconds.
  • greenwald, on 07/29/2009, -1/+6I am only familiar with some strippers by those names
  • phasechange666, on 07/29/2009, -0/+5Um, no. Those materials are alumina (aka aluminum oxide aka Al2O3). Big difference.
  • falconear, on 07/29/2009, -0/+5So we can make a tank that will contain the pressure of 45 tons of water and 2 humpback whales, which would require a 6 inch thick piece of plexiglass, but be only 1 inch thick. Duh.
  • ghank, on 07/29/2009, -0/+5To make better windows for the millions of people living in Hurricane/Tornado zones?
  • DouglasQ, on 07/29/2009, -0/+5LALALALALALALALALALALALA
  • TheInformer, on 07/29/2009, -1/+5Whenever you see four Scotties, you'll always see a fifth.
  • jasonbalmforth, on 07/29/2009, -5/+9Transparent Aluminum (at visible wavelengths at least) is not new, despite what Scotty might say. It has been around far longer than most people realise. It's called Corundum, several varieties of which you might be more familiar with, Ruby and Sapphire.

  • JoeF8577, on 07/29/2009, -1/+5snort it.
  • norman619, on 07/29/2009, -1/+5http://science.howstuffworks.com/transparent-alumi ...
  • inactive, on 07/29/2009, -0/+4We can use this new aluminum to create car keys. That way we can NEVER find them when we need them.
  • Lane, on 07/29/2009, -0/+4Actually this happens much more often that you might realize. It's still incredibly rare but heres the list.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_of_mat ...
  • 4degrees, on 07/29/2009, -0/+4of course he's a rusky, he's some kind or retard or something.
  • MCMLXXXII, on 07/29/2009, -0/+4you forgot heart!

    Go planet!
  • malcolmlo, on 07/29/2009, -1/+4What CANT lasers do these days?
  • McNandatron, on 07/29/2009, -1/+4I know, that would be the entire purpose of my post.

    However, i've just read the article and apologise :)

    Don't worry though, I wasn't being serious. I did pass primary school science.
  • malcolmlo, on 07/29/2009, -0/+3Transparantaneous
  • gdog05, on 07/29/2009, -0/+3*picks up Mac mouse like a mic: "Computer? Hellooo computer!"
  • LiquidIse, on 07/29/2009, -0/+3No, it is hugely misleading.

    A state of matter implies that all matter has this state, suck as solid and liquid etc
    What they have discovered is a material property not observed before.
  • Dr.Fade, on 07/29/2009, -0/+3Captin, there be whales
  • inactive, on 07/29/2009, -0/+3phasechange666 is right. You fail at science.
  • charlietuna, on 07/29/2009, -0/+3No this is a sensationalist headline.
  • cjh24, on 07/29/2009, -0/+3You mean they'll be naked?
  • Zeldafreak104, on 07/29/2009, -1/+3h20?
  • Chirp08, on 07/29/2009, -0/+2It would actually be excellent for the touch screens or laptop screens.
  • johnnysaucepn, on 07/29/2009, -0/+2Nah, they did transparent ages ago. Remember the original iMacs?
  • dtele, on 07/29/2009, -0/+2So what is this new 'state of matter' called?
    We already have - solid, liquid, gaseous, plasma and... ?
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