Seeing through solids.(University of London. Imperial College of Science and Technology's invented new transparent solids)(Brief article)

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A new transparent material has been created by researchers at Imperial College London, UK, and the Univ. of Neuchatel, Switzerland. The material exploits the way atoms in matter move, making them interact with a laser beam in an entirely new way. The team created spec...

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