Stronger than glass, various military and commercial applications for this remarkable material are already being tested. What was once used in the science-fiction Star Trek movies, see-through ...

QUEZON CITY, Philippines — A single droplet of acid, a small electrical current, and ten minutes are the surprisingly modest ...

There’s a famous scene in one of the Star Trek movies where Scotty, who has traveled to the past, teaches a metal company to create the transparent aluminum he needs to bring some whales back to the ...

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Researchers at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have announced a breakthrough in the construction of spinel, also known as transparent aluminum. The substance is named after an iconic scene in ...

There’s a famous scene in one of the Star Trek movies where Scotty, who has traveled to the past, teaches a metal company to create the transparent aluminum he needs to bring some whales back to the ...

Researchers from the Ateneo de Manila University and the Nara Institute of Science and Technology made transparent aluminum oxide (TAlOx) by applying microdroplets of acidic solution onto ordinary ...

Transparent aluminum, a technology first suggested in the science fiction film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, is now a reality. Specialists from the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI and ...

Researchers carefully arrange two iron plates so that they become transparent to X-rays, as the quantum energy transitions of the atoms' nuclei balance each other out.

Scientists have created transparent aluminum and say it shows there is a new state of matter in addition to gas, liquid and solid. This is truly cool.

While it has long been known that ultraviolet (UV) light can help kill disease-causing pathogens, the COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on how these technologies can rid environments of germs.