Researchers at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have announced a breakthrough in the construction of spinel, also known as transparent aluminum. The substance is named after an iconic scene in ...

There’s a famous scene in one of the Star Trek movies where Scotty, who has traveled to the past, teaches a metal company to create the transparent aluminum he needs to bring some whales back to the ...

Transparent aluminum, a technology first suggested in the science fiction film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, is now a reality. Specialists from the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI and ...