Fans of the sci-fi franchise Star Trek may recall a scene in the 1986 film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home that mentions a make-believe material called transparent aluminum. A real-world version of it eventually emerged from Oxford University where researchers created a ceramic alloy (officially called Aluminum Oxynitride or ALON) by fusing aluminum, oxygen […]
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Gallery: Solar-powered cars get the green flag in Ohio
Saturday, July 30 marked that start of the 2016 American Solar Challenge. The eight-day 1,975-mile road course passes through seven states starting from Brecksville, Ohio and ending up in Hot Springs, S.D. We got a chance to talk to several of the college teams fielding vehicles in this year’s competition, including two of the top […]
