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Transparent Aluminum Is "New State of Matter"

Posted by timothy on from the baseball-bats-will-never-be-the-same dept.

Professor_Quail writes with this interesting excerpt: "Oxford scientists have created a transparent form of aluminum by bombarding the metal with the world's most powerful soft X-ray laser. 'Transparent aluminum' previously only existed in science fiction, featuring in the movie Star Trek IV, but the real material is an exotic new state of matter with implications for planetary science and nuclear fusion."

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  1. This is a great breakthrough... by ls671 · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is a great breakthrough. This means that we can now wear full face tinfoil hats for even more protection without risking to bump into something anymore. Thanks that tinfoil hats are actually made of aluminum nowadays ! ;-))

    Imagine the progress for this brave user:

    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JVVaXmiE24g/RuYklvXfUqI/AAAAAAAAFDo/ES8XpC4bcbg/s400/tinfoil2.bmp

    Tinfoil hats are made of aluminum:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_foil_hat

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    1. Re:This is a great breakthrough... by Rei · · Score: 5, Funny

      A "keyboard"... how quaint.

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    2. Re:This is a great breakthrough... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Tin foil hats are made from tin foil. If you're using aluminum foil, you're making an aluminum foil hat.

      Incidentally, aluminum is not very effective at blocking the government's mind control rays. Why do you think they replaced tin foil with aluminum foil? Luckily I stocked up decades ago, but anyone who thinks aluminum foil will protect them is playing right into the government's hands.

      Posting anonymously for obvious reasons.

    3. Re:This is a great breakthrough... by Verdatum · · Score: 5, Funny

      How do we know that you aren't the government, cleverly trying to get the masses to switch from their effective aluminum foil to worthless tin foil??

    4. Re:This is a great breakthrough... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      But it's so simple. Only a great fool would reach for the tin foil hat. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose aluminum foil hat. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose tin foil hat.

    5. Re:This is a great breakthrough... by Chris+Burke · · Score: 5, Funny

      So, you're saying that NEITHER tin nor aluminum is effective?!?

      That's right. The only thing you can do is spend a year building up an immunity to government mind control rays.

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  2. Frankly by Vinegar+Joe · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just can't see it.

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