http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/25/maybe-scotty-did-invent-transparent-aluminum/ The science of futurist technologies—and an excuse to soak in sci-fi TV shows, books, movies, toys, and video games. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:37:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/25/maybe-scotty-did-invent-transparent-aluminum/comment-page-1/#comment-6559 You Realize That By Giving Him the Formula You’re Altering the Future | The Minority Report Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:43:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/25/maybe-scotty-did-invent-transparent-aluminum/#comment-6559 [...] the aquarium for all those humpbacks whales on a captured Klingon spaceship, but it’s a start. Codex Futurius: Transparent Aluminum | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine [...] [...] the aquarium for all those humpbacks whales on a captured Klingon spaceship, but it’s a start. Codex Futurius: Transparent Aluminum | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine [...]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/25/maybe-scotty-did-invent-transparent-aluminum/comment-page-1/#comment-6198 QUASAR Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:20:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/25/maybe-scotty-did-invent-transparent-aluminum/#comment-6198 I prefer the word 'aluminium'! I prefer the word ‘aluminium’!

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/25/maybe-scotty-did-invent-transparent-aluminum/comment-page-1/#comment-6051 Topics about Movies » Archive » Codex Futurius: Transparent Aluminum Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:16:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/25/maybe-scotty-did-invent-transparent-aluminum/#comment-6051 [...] Science Not Fiction added an interesting post today on Codex Futurius: Transparent AluminumHere’s a small readingMichael D. asked, on the Assignment Desk post: In the most recent issue of Nature , there are two papers…that detail the characteristics of sodium and lithium under extreme pressure. Specifically, these two metals adopt semiconductor-like (even superconductor-like) characteristics if you subject them to giga-pressure (literally, 80-200 gigapascals). The sodium actually becomes optically transparent during this squeeze. Reading this reminded me of a Star Trek [movie] that involved a not- [...] [...] Science Not Fiction added an interesting post today on Codex Futurius: Transparent AluminumHere’s a small readingMichael D. asked, on the Assignment Desk post: In the most recent issue of Nature , there are two papers…that detail the characteristics of sodium and lithium under extreme pressure. Specifically, these two metals adopt semiconductor-like (even superconductor-like) characteristics if you subject them to giga-pressure (literally, 80-200 gigapascals). The sodium actually becomes optically transparent during this squeeze. Reading this reminded me of a Star Trek [movie] that involved a not- [...]

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