Meet the Man Who Decodes the Ancient Secrets of Alchemy

Even the most amazing accomplishments of modern-day science will never be able to hold a candle to the impossible powers promised by alchemy. It never delivered, but old-school alchemists weren’t discouraged by failure, and now a new-school alchemist is taking a look back to figure out what the hell they were doing that whole time.

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We Could Use Cement Circuits in Gadgets Someday

We Could Use Cement Circuits in Gadgets Someday

Alchemy, at 2,000 degrees Celsius. A new study from the Argonne National Laboratory reports that a group of scientists from Japan, Finland, America, and Germany have used lasers to turn liquid cement into a glassy, liquid metal.

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