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A New Kind of Chemistry

Posted by Hemos on from the rethinking-atoms dept.

pq writes "Reasearchers at VCU, Pennsylvania State have created "superatoms" of aluminium and iodine that behave like the alkaline earth metals. From the article: "Our production of such a species is a stirring development that may lead to new compounds with a completely new class of chemistry and applications". Another article on Biomedcentral"

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  1. Better living through chemistry! by Black+Parrot · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    > Our production of such a species is a stirring development that may lead to new compounds with a completely new class of chemistry and applications

    Pros:

    • Tastes like grape juice
    • Adds 76mm, on average
    • Not detected by steroid tests


    Cons:
    • Turns you into a psychotic axe-weilding zombie
    • Causes hair loss in some zombies
    • Axe not included

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  2. Re:Super-atoms? by 19thNervousBreakdown · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you mean cake, then well yeah.

    If you mean cock in a cake... hell, I'll try anything once.

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