UM-Bot Posted July 18, 2014 #1 Share Posted July 18, 2014 A giant laser has been used to simulate the pressures present within the cores of the gas giant planets. It might be the world's hardest material, but even diamond is unable to withstand the hellish conditions found within the cores of the solar system's largest bodies. Read More: http://www.unexplain...crushes-diamond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblykiss Posted July 18, 2014 #2 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Can this technology be employed to crush our nation's crippling debt? Or just valuable diamonds? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrooma Posted July 18, 2014 #3 Share Posted July 18, 2014 sounds like part one of a Death Star if you ask me.... . mwahahahaaa....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarjarbinks Posted July 18, 2014 #4 Share Posted July 18, 2014 omg beat me for the death star joke... do you think that the imperial workers at 2M from the superlaser got cancer ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted July 18, 2014 #5 Share Posted July 18, 2014 My best friend works at the NIF, but not on the lasers themselves, he's one of the sys admins for it's computers. I'll have to ask him about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatekeeper32 Posted July 19, 2014 #6 Share Posted July 19, 2014 (edited) . Edited July 19, 2014 by gatekeeper32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted July 19, 2014 #7 Share Posted July 19, 2014 (edited) TMI, sorry. Edited July 19, 2014 by pallidin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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