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| 'Never-before-seen material' can store vast amounts of energy | |
| 2010-07-05 | |
| Using super-high pressures similar to those found deep in the Earth or on a giant planet, researchers from Washington State University (WSU) have created a compact, never-before-seen material capable of storing vast amounts of energy. Described by one of the researchers as "the most condensed form of energy storage outside of nuclear energy," the material holds potential. The researchers created the material in a diamond anvil cell -- a small, two-inch by three-inch-diameter device capable of producing extremely high pressures in a small space. What could go wrong with this?
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| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #9 Kryptonite. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-07-05 20:35 |
| #8 Was thinking more along the lines of laptop batteries, but bombs are cool too. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2010-07-05 20:34 |
| #7 This sort of thing would be of value for warheads that might, say, penetrate deeply buried, hardened targets. Like tunnels inside mountains, just to pick an example at random. |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-07-05 19:58 |
| #6 "questions" Wratts. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-07-05 19:04 |
| #5 "The real question is 'Does it store more energy than it took to make it?'" Shhhhhh, Slindsey - they don't appreciate anyone asking logical question. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-07-05 19:03 |
| #4 The real question is "Does it store more energy than it took to make it?" |
| Posted by: Slindsey 2010-07-05 18:54 |
| #3 I think this is the same stuff Happy Fun Ball(tm) is made out of. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-07-05 18:36 |
| #2 Unobtanium™? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-07-05 18:06 |
| #1 a compact, never-before-seen material capable of storing vast amounts of energy One of AlGore's crazed bioelectric sex poodle cytoplasmic neurons? |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2010-07-05 17:56 |