New claim staked for metallic hydrogen
Some experts doubt report of creating elusive material
TIGHT SQUEEZE As scientists pressed hydrogen between two diamonds, it changed from transparent (left) to black (middle) and, finally, to a reflective state (right). That reflectivity indicates that the hydrogen transformed into a metal, researchers claim.
Ranga Dias, I.F. Silvera
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