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First Membrane Controlled By Light Developed

Posted by timothy on from the my-eyelid-aside dept.

An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt: "A new membrane developed at the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics blocks gas from flowing through it when one color of light is shined on its surface, and permits gas to flow through when another color of light is used. It is the first time that scientists have developed a membrane that can be controlled in this way by light."

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  1. I'll really be impressed... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    When they can make "go" the proper green color. And red for "stop." And yellow should make the gas really go fast.

  2. Homies Comment On Breakthrough by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    That's insane in the membrane!

    Word, yo!