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Amorphous Steel

Posted by timothy on from the it's-tasty-too dept.

pfdietz writes "Researchers at Oak Ridge have achieved a holy grail of materials science: they have figured out how to produce amorphous (glassy) steel. The material is reported to be twice as hard and have twice the tensile strength of the strongest ultra-high tensile strength steel alloy."

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  1. In other news... by byolinux · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Apple announced the new Amorphous PowerBook G5 19", with 1Gb RAM and 100Gb HD.

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    1. Re:In other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      Apple announced the new Amorphous PowerBook G5 19", with 1Gb RAM and 100Gb HD.

      Son of a bitch. Link goes to nowhere! I want a 19" G5 Powerbook!

  2. Re:First post! by Uplore · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well it was first when i was typing :(

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  3. Gmail invites by bungeejumper · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://supermanchronicles.blogspot.com/ I have put up six gmail invites there...get them before they're gone !