Here comes the next 3D printer:
Physicists Detect Strongest Evidence Yet of Matter Generated By Collisions of Light (sciencealert.com)99

World's Strongest Glass That's As Hard As Diamond Discovered (independent.co.uk)152
According to the scientists, AM-III has tunable energy absorption properties comparable to semiconductors commonly used in solar cells such as hydrogenated amorphous silicon films. While in diamond crystals, the organized internal structure of its atoms and molecules contribute to their immense strength and hardness, in AM-III the researchers found that a combination of order and disorder of its molecules give rise to its strange properties. Using fullerenes, which are materials made of hollow football-like arrangements of carbon atoms, the researchers produced different types of glassy materials with varying molecular organization among which AM-III had the highest order of atoms and molecules. Increasing the order further, the scientists observed, could potentially kill the semiconductivity and other properties that required the atoms and molecules to be chaotic.
I wonder what meaningful applications these findings may have directly affecting us?
Posted by: Joared | August 16, 2021 at 05:17 PM
It takes a while for discoveries/developments to reach fruition into useful products or processes, Joared. Fortunately, there are a zillion people smarter than me who will come up with uses.
"Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless." Thomas Edison
Posted by: Cop Car | August 17, 2021 at 11:53 PM