Word: nickel
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...thought brown was the proverbial new black, think again. Researchers at the National Physical Laboratory in Britain have developed a nickel-phosphorus compound called NPL Super Black that absorbs 99.65% of visible light. Black paint absorbs only about 97.5% of visible light--positively shiny by comparison. Not just cool, the new black is useful too. Precision optical instruments depend on eliminating any and all stray reflected light to get their readings. The blacker the black, the less reflected light, the better the data. That makes NPL Super Black a pretty bright idea...
...could be an astronaut again this year, or maybe have my mom fed-ex my boots, leather chaps and nickel-plated pistols and resurrect the old cowboy look that was such a hit with the ladies when I was eight. But it’s harder to get excited about Halloween this year. In some ways, I feel like I’ve been watching a costume party all month...
...have never made a nickel any other way but by my writing,” said Sedgwick, author of The Dark House, a novel about stalking...
...underlying cause of both circuses is the same. This is about Republicans trying to seize power in a state by going outside the normal electoral process. Go ahead and laugh at us. We deserve it. But what's happening in this country really isn't very funny. MELANIE NICKEL San Diego...
...ahead and laugh at us. We deserve it. But what's happening in this country really isn't very funny. Melanie Nickel San Diego...