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August 09, 2013

New 'weird' material may be new class of solids, researchers say
Gaithersburg, Md. (UPI) Aug 8, 2013
There may be more kinds of stuff in nature than was believed, U.S. researchers say, describing a new category of solids neither pure glasses nor crystals. "Very weird," materials physicist Lyle Levine of the National Institute of Standards and Technology said. "Strangest material I ever saw." Levine is part of a U.S-French team reporting an analysis of a solid alloy they discovered in small discrete patches of a rapidly cooled mixture of aluminum, iron and silicon. The material ap ... read more

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