Friday, November 14, 2008

Tequila can produce doped diamonds!

I'm sure you have heard about how some scientists used tequila to produce diamond coatings. Here's the last paragraph from one such story:

For now, the scientists are continuing to test different tequilas´ abilities to produce diamonds. They´re also working on creating doped diamonds, which contain impurities, to serve as semiconductors.

2 comments:

  1. I lol'd at the pun :)

    Also, the CAPTCHA on this comment form is "surti" -- maybe google is using hindi words now :)

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  2. sounds like one for the IgNobel award.

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