Friday, September 15, 2006

Solid Red Oxygen

Solid Red Oxygen: those three words don't seem to fit together, do they? There seems to be a category mistake here. But no! See this article from Nature that reports that scientists have reported the crystal structure of a a form of solid oxygen that is dark red in color and that is formed under immense pressure. (Thanks to Paul at GeekPress for the link.)

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