Scientists have created something they call `transparent aluminum’:
German researchers at the FLASH facility in Hamburg decided to roast a piece of aluminum foil with a 10-million-gigawatt X-ray laser. They heated the foil so hot that it became a new matter state: transparent aluminum. It’s also believed to be the same state of matter that comprises the core of planets, such as Jupiter.
Here’s exclusive video of the discovery:
Okay, not really, but you knew it was coming.
July 28th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
That’s freakin cool.